Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:04:13 01/12/99
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On January 12, 1999 at 05:52:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On January 11, 1999 at 23:02:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 11, 1999 at 12:01:44, Martin wrote: >> >>>Please let me know where to find it >> >> >>If I had access to one, I'd do this in a heartbeat, but since they seem >>to be no longer available... > >And since the parallel port is rather tough to access under windows NT, >windows 98 and windows 2000... > >...and since TASC supports this board so well. They want *everybody* >to use it and encourage everybody to support it, unlike DGT board. > >I'm now busy with a win interface and first release i want the DGT >board to work cool. It's bigger than the smartboard. It's just as expensive, >and it has a cool clock which can be connected and nicer pieces and not >from those horrible leds. > >Greetings, >Vincent While all of that is true, as I have my linux driver for the DGT board working just fine, it isn't a good board to "play on". Because there is no way for the computer to indicate its move. The board I built for Cray Blitz years ago had lights (not leds) under each square so that you could play a game while only looking at the board... DGT is sadly missing that. But for analysis and studying openings and middlegame positions, it works marvelously well with Crafty...
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