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Subject: Quick thoughts on the portable board thing.....

Author: Zachariah Amela

Date: 08:07:13 10/14/99

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As many of your probably know, there was a question about a portable chess
computer w/ a PII/200 processor in it.  Is this thing actually in the works?

If so, I had a few thought:

1.) Perhaps offer the board w/ "real" piece AND the ability to have a graphical
image displayed on it.  This would allow the user to sit any which way he/she
chose.  The user could simply touch the square he/she wanted to move and so on.

2.) Perhaps the engine should be a mega-strong "free" program.....ummm...Crafty
comes to mind (hint-hint).

3.) Perhaps there should be a diskette drive in which the internal system could
upgraded.

4.) If we wanted to take it to the next step, it could be used as a network
device slaved to a computer.  This way it could act like a "terminal" to other
chess programs, engines, DBs, etc.  Throw on a light port so there are no wires.

5.) What OS would it sit on?  Written from scratch?

Anywho.  I don't know if this is a real thing in the works.  Just thought I
would pass it along.  Anyone else interested?



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