Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 01:42:03 04/12/05
IMO the dedicated chess computer is a dead end street. it was a few years ago when the first pda appeared on the market. what we would need is a standard software protocol (auto232 maybe) that sends moves from PDA to chessboard in IRDA. this way we could connect the PDA's or mobiles with chess software with ANY sensor-chessboard. IMO there is a huge market for this. ALMOST ANYBODY of us, or of the chess players, have a mobile, or a palm and chess software. what we would need is an upgraded version of the DGT board or tasc board or any other auto sensory board that communicates with PDA's or any other clock or mobile PDA that has IRDA. Consider how easy future chess events would be if all you need to WRITE down the games would be to bring the PDA next to the board and let it register the moves made. than go to the ORGANIZER with the big PC and beam the PGN into his machine. or a chess club. they buy a few auto sensory boards and use their palms to save the games. as far as i see it the DGT board can only USB and serial communication. the problem is that this is OK for PC's, but PC's are not really senseful vehicles for chess because you cannot carry them good. also laptops are too big. but almost any mobile and PDA has IRDA. irda is also not polluting the air with waves that could stop the human brains from concentrating about the position. using W-lan is IMO not a good idea because this influences the human brain and makes the humans maybe weaker. how many units would the company be able to sell to chess players all over the world ? 1000 ? 10.000 ? IMO we need this chess board with IRDA support. and we need a STANDARD (why not auto232 ) way to send and receive the moves. this way the chess world AND the computerchess world would have many advantages. since PC's and laptops also have often IRDA units, it would be an universal device !
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