Author: Ernest Bonnem
Date: 09:06:51 03/13/04
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On March 13, 2004 at 10:17:31, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi all: >After a couple of years using an slow, turttle walking Palm m105, I finally put >my avid hand on the last cry of Palm line, a T3 machine with a 400 Mhz processor >and 64 Mb Ram. Apart from his many other fatures and amenities, this little >gadget let Tiger really show his claws. In the m105 Tiger was goood enough to >give me a run for my money...if batteries let me finish the game. Now that >problem is gone and you can play all the time you want without intrruption >because the device, as much it is in his craddle, has the batterie constantly >recharged from the house electric supply.Out of it, it has a longr life, at >least enough for several good games at arund 30 minutes ach. >How good this Tiger is? >As good, I would say, as a 2400+ player. And full of features. In fact, just >because 400 Mhz is still slower than any average current desktop, I could say >that with this Tiger and this Palm model you does not need to put On the big >thing on you table. >Before Tiger gave me a run for my money; now simply I am wiped out of the board. >How amazing is to be capable of keeping an at least IM in your shirt pocket! >If someone is ever thinking in getting a handheld chess unit, forget it: get the >Palm and the programs and yo have that and a lot more. Sfter all with Palm you >can do other things too..... >My best to all >fernando If your Palm m105 was not overclocked, you indeed have a 10x speed increase with the 400 MHz Tungsten T3. (see http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ct_chess/faq.html#speedindex ) But with Christophe's future "native ARM" version of Tiger, you will get another huge speed increase ( another 10x, Christophe ?).
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