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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