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Subject: Re: Take a break from all of the debugging...

Author: Roberto Nerici

Date: 07:31:15 03/25/04

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On March 25, 2004 at 08:51:31, steven blincoe wrote:

>however for USED dedicated computers there is a flourishing market for old chess
>computers
>MANY have the wooden pieces AND a tournament sized wooden board

are you trying to collect them all? :-)

>>Also are there any which can interface to a computer?
>
>from a dedicated chess computer stand point there really are none ,except for
>some of the handheld units (such as the Novag Star Sapphire) or the table top
>Star Diamond,but these are not wooden boards

I've had a quick look and the Star Sapphire looks like an overpriced PDA to me.
The Star Diamond seems more worthy and I know that has been discussed quite a
bit here.

>there are of course wooden boards such as the Tasc SB boards or the DGT  boards
>that will interface with a PC but these are not chess computers
>they will allow you to play the chess program on your PC using the piece
>recognition board

Yes, I was aware of the DGT (and the Tasc, although I didn't think it was still
made).

Thanks
Roberto/.



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