Author: Arjen Oudheusden
Date: 00:14:12 11/27/98
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On November 27, 1998 at 00:19:33, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On November 26, 1998 at 17:22:06, Detlef Pordzik wrote: > >>On November 26, 1998 at 09:59:15, Quenton Fyfe wrote: >> >>>So am I. It's a great board isn't it! I wonder how many are out there. Sadly >>>there were never as many drivers as I'd have liked. I'm planning to pick up a >>>copy of Chessmaster 5500 (6000 has dropped the support), which is the latest >>>program to support the Tascboard. Could also play on Chessmaster Live with it >>>then. I'm also hoping that the Millenium Chess System will support it (Genius >>>does I believe), which would open-up lots of other engines for use with the >>>board. >>> >>>I guess the only alternative is the DGT board - but this doesn't have the LEDs, >>>so you can't play without a screen (or sound) so you can tell what your >>>opponent's move is. Doesn't sound as good as the Tascboard. >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Quenton Fyfe >> >>There is pityfully NO alternative to this board, exept, tryin' to get yourself >>the R 30 unit and change it to a normal chess computer. ( Like I did ). >>No support can be seen far + near, time will tell about the MILLENIUM creation, >>but somehow I got my doubts. >>DGT is no alternative, for my opinion, at all. Who wants to stare at the monitor >>all the time or, even worser, listen to the blurb of this silicone fighter ? >>Would be hooked even more on the CB product line, so, the show's at it's end. >> >>ELVIS >>dprodzik@owl-online.de > > >I contacted Millenium right after their announcement of the Chess System, and >asked if they will continue support of the TascBoard as was done so well in >Genius5. So far, I have received no answer to my e-mail at all, so I agree, it >doesn't look hopeful. Perhaps if others write and ask, they will include it. >They already have the .dll, so it wouldn't be hard for them. > >kp DGT is no alternative, that's for sure. I think I will pick up the latest version of PerfectBase, which is a CD ROM including the latest version of TASCBASE/THE KING (only NLG 125,-=USD 65,-). This way I will at least secure being able to use the board in the future, since my diskette version has limited installs. And The King is a nice program (this version is an update on the engine included in CM6000) and plays stronger than the R30 (which is also going out of production). By the way, I contacted Rebel with the same request, but they just simply refuse to include the code (which they have!!). Why this agony? What's the Millenium initiative? Arjen.
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