Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 13:35:51 11/24/98
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On November 24, 1998 at 10:35:57, Larry Oliver wrote: >I have a good spare mother board and an AMD 300Mhz chip and am considering >building a strictly DOS chess computer to house my two favorite programs, Rebel >and MChess. Has anyone considered doing this? Any disadvantages? I think I can >put the whole thing together for way less than $500. I would not need a modem, >fancy sound, fancy color etc. Considering the strength and features of these >programs, it would serve my chess needs far into the future. In Reply: This is a very good idea. Remember when the Mephisto Vancouver stand-alone chess board computer cost over $6000.00? Well, now you will have a machine that is perhaps 600 elo points stronger and costs 1/12th as much. Not bad, since the cost of everthing else has dddddoubled! You can play music on your in room CD-player and listen to shortwave and local broadcasts,both TV and radio. If this is not enough, then you can hook up an independent satellite TV dish and watch foreign channels. The idea of having a discrete device to play chess and other games with is excellent. Just keep buying because it is good for the industry and it tends to bring down the prices of new devices. The bottom line is.. You don't need a computer that can do everything!!!! I have friends who own five or more assorted computers and link them up to one another. The best part of owning a separate chess computer is the low cost of replacing it if it craps out. Maybe if the price for complete systems goes down to $400.00 inclusive of monitor, guys like Mr. Steve Schwartz of ICD will begin selling stand-alone chess computers in earnest.
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