Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 11:50:22 02/10/00
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On February 10, 2000 at 09:32:13, Steve Maughan wrote: >Ian, > >> But seriously, how long >>before we get to register it? > >I think the shareware version will be ready soon (within two weeks) and the pro >version will follow. Seriously, how much do you think the pro version should be >priced at? This is really the first professional program to be ported to a PDA (sorry, Tom :). Say $25 as a base price, +$10 for pro features, +$10-15 for the Genius name recognition, as long as you advertise to serious chess players. The pro version should be on the high end price range of Palm programs. Sell through the same channels as professional programs for the PC. Just out of curiosity, does anyone remember what the Mephisto Roma modules sold for in their heyday? >>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? > >I think (although I'm not absolutely sure) that there are some technical issues >regarding hash tables. The current version does not have a permanent brain. Hmmm... I wonder if the instant moving I am seeing is a bug? Richard updated his FAQ about the limitations of the Palm's memory architecture (< 64K of fast access memory available to programs). Ah well... >>Is there another person involved to do the Palm UI, or is >>this entirely Richard's work? > >It's all Richard's work! I imagine developing for the Palm is a breeze compared to the embedded Mephisto modules. :) Ian >Regards, > >Steve Maughan
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