Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 11:16:43 02/09/00
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On February 09, 2000 at 13:43:32, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 09, 2000 at 09:09:26, Steve Maughan wrote: > >> The most amazing thing for me is the >>useability. The Palm platform is IMO the best best platform to PLAY chess. > > >I agree. > Hear, hear! I've been dreaming specifically of Genius on a PDA since I got my first Newton many moons ago. (Actually, since the Newton is ARM based, maybe Rebel or The King (ala. ChessMachine) would be more appropriate. Too bad the Newton is a dead platform.) >> I >>have loads of chess programs (all of which I enjoy) but the portability of the >>Palm means that I am playing more chess while travelling. The screen is clear, >>there are no pieces to knock over and now the program plays a strong game. I >>have done some tests - Genius beats PocketChess quite easily - even the 1 sec / >>move level regularlly beats PocketChess on level 4. My results agree with this. Heck, it even beats Deep Green on a 160Mhz Newton at even time controls! That's an 8:1 speed disadvantage! So far it is also 2.5-0.5 against my Sapphire II at 2sec/move. >> Richard Lang has managed to >>use the screen extremely well. There are three board views 1) info screen 2) >>Large board 3) Giant Board. The info screen shows evaluation, search depth and >>PV, > > >The PV is too short. It can display up to 7 plies, and then the PV is cut. > >I'm sure there is room to display the PV on 2 lines. That would give up to 14 >plies, would be enough. I'm just happy there is any PV at all. :) Besides, aren't most moves near the tips mostly garbage anyway? Also, you'd have to change batteries after it has searched one position 14 plies. :) >> the Large board only shows the last move and clock and the Giant Board fills >>the whole screen. >> >>One thing you all may be interested in is that there may be two versions - the >>shareware version and a serious user version. The serious user version will >>have additional features eg permenant brain, 2 player analysis, bigger book etc. > > >I think I'm going to buy this one as soon as it is available. > > > > Christophe Me too. Heck, maybe I'll buy a dozen copies just to encourage him. Way to go, Richard!!! :) (Also, good release strategy: get us hooked on having Genius in our pocket then reveal the $99 registration fee... ;) But seriously, how long before we get to register it? Also, I was curious about permanent brain: I found that it did make some moves instantly; does it already have some form of permanent brain? With some of the larger memory models of the Palm available, do you think Richard is considering the option of having hash tables? Steve, do you know how long has ChessGenius for the Palm has been in the works? I am surprised I haven't heard a whisper about it until now, when a playable version is available. Is there another person involved to do the Palm UI, or is this entirely Richard's work? Ian
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