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Subject: Re: Fruit on PPC

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 13:42:48 09/01/05

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On September 01, 2005 at 15:17:18, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>On September 01, 2005 at 13:22:20, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On September 01, 2005 at 12:57:51, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>>
>>>On September 01, 2005 at 12:30:19, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have found Fruit on a PPC to be the most entertaing chess program ever to
>>>>play.  On a PPC, it has a tendency to overlook little traps  I set and falls
>>>>right into them -- just like a human!  Makes for entertaining ( but perhaps not
>>>>great) chess.  ALso, it tends to forget about castling once taken out of book
>>>>(again on a PPC) - so it allows neat sacs to get the attack going.
>>>>
>>>>Note - This is not great chess -- I'm only 1600 or so -- but when Fruit is
>>>>allowed only one second per move, I have a decent chance at winning.
>>>>
>>>>Most interesting agmes to be posted later tonight.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Note _- all other PDA chess programs tend not have the problems shown by Fruit -
>>>>but I'm not complaining -- it makes it great fun.
>>>
>>>I would prefer if the people would not refer PDAs with PPC.
>>>Fruit runs normal on all Macs I tried and they all run on PPCs. It sure runs
>>>great on PPC G4 and G5.
>>>So the title is misleading and should be "Fruit on PocketPC" or something.
>>>
>>>regards
>>>Andy
>>
>>That may be your preference - but it's not in touch with "google" reality as
>>seen by google.
>>
>>seach ppc mag on google and it's all about pda's and not mac...
>>
>>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&edition=us&ie=UTF-8&q=PPC+Mag&sa=N&tab=nw
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Michael
>
>So what? I don't live in "google reality". :)

;>)   -- I trust you knew I was kidding!

>
>I hope you understood what I meant to say and the title _was_ misleading as
>already two people were confused.

Posted  a followup title  to make more clear - as former Mac owner (Mac II se)
and one who threw in the towel on Mac because of the lack of chess prgrams , I
would be the last person that would want to unintentionaly provide a ray of
light for Mac chess enthusiasts ;>)

Best,

Michael

>
>regards
>Andy





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