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Subject: Re: Are the PC boards worth the price?

Author: Robert Pawlak

Date: 15:19:02 11/21/99

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>http://zip.to/jeroen (or http://home.wxs.nl/~jimvandorp)
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Make sure you check out Jeoren's review, because mine has no pictures.

I honestly think that the DGT board was worth it. I would rank it amoung some of
my best purchases. However, you may have to do some tweaking with your machine
to get it to work properly. I had to get updated drivers from Chessbase so that
mine would work properly.

The advantage of the DGT is that it is designed to work with Fritz - which
supports many winboard engines. This means you have good options to handicap the
machine's play (i.e. stick in a weaker engine). You also get the voice
announcement of moves which is absolutely essential with this sort of board.

The DGT will also work with many other windows programs if you use some
additional shareware with it.

You can also check out the Shahcom board at www.ruschess.com. I don't know too
much about it, but it is something to look into.

Bob P.



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