Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 15:30:07 01/29/05
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On January 29, 2005 at 18:10:39, Steve B wrote: >>Well it's very easy to wireless connect it to a PC. >> >>Then you are just as strong as the PC at any spot in the house. In fact you can >>do that up to 150 meter distance. You can show up wireless in a tournament >>without anyone knowing. >> >>Vincent > >no no >your missing the point >a mere connection to a pc is not knew >DGT has this with the DGT BOARD >it can connect to the PC Aand be used with Fritz ,Shredder,CMASTER etc > >this is not a dedicated computer >a deciated computer can have no function other then to play chess > >Steve A dedicated computer is nothing more than a mini computer with its own general purpose processor. Sometimes it's integrated underneath a chessboard with a pc processor inside it steering the leds and as little RAM and ROM as possible to keep it cheap. So principally that processor could also steer a microwave or a washing machine (litterary such processors are put inside usually). A chesscomputer is when you print your own chip. Deep Blue and Hydra are examples of that. TASC R40 is a stand alone computer with a few leds and a cable to a TASC smartboard. The real problem of dedicated computers is to produce them cheap meanwhile having high quality. From the chip series that's inside TASC R40, about 1 billion of those chips have been printed. Recently a more modern series of it they printed 1 billion from within 1 year :) That gives you some clues doesn't it? :) Vincent
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