Author: Albert Silver
Date: 09:39:31 11/27/05
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On November 27, 2005 at 09:48:25, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>For those of you who have older machines like Pentium II models running at 300
>to 400 MHz, Fruit 2.2.1 and Toga II 1.1 provide fairly decent chess for very
>little money. I would say that these programs on a clunky old sub-Gigahertz
>desktop are probably much better than programs on 600 MHz PDAs.
No question, but then again, no one in their right mind would be stuck between
choosing either a fast PDA or a slow desktop PC, even if the prices were
similar.
Albert
>
>You can get secondhand PCs for less than $100.00 USD including a 17 inch
>monitor.
>Slap in a program like Fruit 2.2.1 or Toga II 1.1 and you have a bargain
>basement
>great game machine. Of course, it is best to have a nice GUI like Shredder 9 or
>Fritz 9 on such a system. The added chess database function is quite handy. You
>can get used Shredder 8.0 CDs for almost no money.
>
>If you really want a challenge then you can download Cake Checkers by Martin
>Fierz of Switzerland. This is another free program that plays at a master level.
>http://www.fierz.ch/checkers.htm
>Cake ver 1.05 plays very strong checkers on an old machine like PIIs and AMDK7
>450 MHz.
>
>Enjoy your Cake and Fruit,
>
>Uncle Timbo
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