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Subject: Re: Portable machine

Author: D Ridge

Date: 17:36:44 09/21/99

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On September 21, 1999 at 00:32:01, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On September 20, 1999 at 23:17:37, Bill Kury wrote:
>
>>Hi!  I am looking to purchase a portable machine and I am looking for details.
>>Currently I am rated at about 1600 and would like a machine that will give me a
>>good game while I sit at the park instead of at my computer.  I have been
>>reading up on the various boards and I am not too struck by the peg type
>>devices.  I prefer either the calculator type or the sensory chess.
>>
>>Looking at the Saitek site I have found a machine called "cougar" does anyone
>>have any feedback on this?  Also, I found that chessmaster 6000 can be played on
>>a gameboy, is this worth a look?  Maybe a suggestion to the computer group,
>>would it be possible to get a list rating the current portables out there?  I
>>have seen the files on the 486 or pentium programs, but, short a long extention
>>cord and a backback, I won't be taking my desktop with me any time soon :)
>>

Yea, I would second that. The Palm Pilot devices with Pocket chess is the
ultimate poacket unit but not the strongerst thing you can find. I would say it
plays about 1600 to 1700

Two big questions before I can advise
a) What physical size are you looking for?
b) How much can you spend?

DAve
>>Really, any info, good or bad would be welcome :)
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>Bill
>
>
>Buy a PalmIIIx or a PalmV and download PocketChess. It should give you a good
>game, is very easy to use (no problem to play on the screen), does not gobble
>batteries like a WinCE computer, and you can do something else with it. You can
>even play in the dark with the backlight screen. In fact it's a true general
>purpose computer.
>
>
>    Christophe



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