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Subject: Re: Chess on wristwatch

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 05:00:54 08/19/05

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On August 19, 2005 at 06:44:49, O. Veli wrote:

>  I bought a Fossil Palm wristwatch (
>http://www.fossil.com/jump.jsp?itemID=2208&itemType=CATEGORY ). Naturally I
>uploaded Hiarcs, Chess Genius and Chess Tiger on it. The watch is definetely
>expensive at 200 USD ( the same watch with Abacus
>(http://www.abacuswatches.com/)  brand is on sale for 80 USD at tigerdirect.com
>), large, not water-proof. In short it is an ugly watch. But it has Palm OS 4,
>Motorola 66 MHz processor and 7,7 MB useable memory. Being the chess software
>addict that I am, it just suits me fine. Chess Tiger's interface is not good on
>this watch which has a black 160*160 resolution.
>
>   Abacus is definetly the better deal since both watches are exactly the same
>except for the band and brand. Leather band of the Fossil will deteoriate with
>time and it is a non standard band which means that you have to return the watch
>with 30 USD to replace the band. Abacus's band is also non standard but it is
>plastic on the side that touches the arm. The other side is leather stiched on
>plastic, so it looks like leather from the outside.
>
>Amici sumus,

How strong hiarcs could be on a 66 MHz Palm watch? = 1800 probably ?



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