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Subject: OT: Lightspeed

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 11:51:03 05/04/05

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On May 03, 2005 at 13:48:10, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On May 03, 2005 at 08:54:11, Clive Munro wrote:
>
>> Palm Hiarcs V Tasc R30(1995)= 6.5-3.5
>> Palm Hiarcs V Genius 68030  = 9-1
>> Palm Hiarcs V London Pro    = 9.5-0.5
>> Palm Hiarcs V London 68030  = 9.5-0.5
>> Palm Hiarcs V Atlanta       = 8-2
>
>
>and your result shows , that a palm zire 21 (for arround 70 EURO)
>with hiarcs, on 125 mhz and with 384 kbyte RAM for hash,
>can beat almost any dedicated chess computer.
>
>and - you can even overclock this palm zire 21 from 126 mhz
>to 192 mhz with the software : lightspeed.
>
>and here we know the secret why dedicated chess computers of today have so huge
>problems to get a market. as long as the companies Saitek and others come out
>with these LOW CPU's and these LOW standards, nobody will pay more than 100 EURO
>for a dedicated chess computer for other reason then nostalgic emotions.


I tried the Demoversion of Lightspeed on my Palm Zire 72, but it expired. The
company offered a new one, but this claims not to be registered and also refuse
to work. Any ideas?

regards Joachim



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