Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:19:13 03/13/04
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On March 13, 2004 at 12:06:51, Ernest Bonnem wrote:
>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 ?).
Yes, probably in that range. So I will have to work harder on the trainer (or
"easy") levels! :)
Christophe
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