Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:35:59 02/17/00
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On February 16, 2000 at 23:43:02, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote:
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>>I do not think that it is amazing and I do not see the point of selling a
>>program that is 200 times slower than Genius.
>>
>>I simply do not see a reason to buy it.
>>If you want to play against a weak computer program you can tell other free
>>programs to play at fixed ply depth and you do not need the palm genius.
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>
>The main reason for buying it is if you want a portable chess machine,
>and you have a PalmPilot. There's no question you can get programs that
>are much more powerful and have more features (even freeware)
>if you have a more powerful machine.
>
>The reason I'm interested in doing this is because my Palm is always with me
>(well, not in the shower), and if I want a game, it is there.
Sounds like you are as addicted to your Palm Pilot as I am!
I do take it with me in the bathroom (but not in the shower). :)
It's really a good computer. My main problem? I don't have enough time to
download and test all the wonderful software that is available on the internet
for it...
>Together with
>my appointments, phone list, notes, arcade games, calculator and spreadsheet,
>all in one compact, long battery life device.
Exactly. My little NiMH rechargeable batteries long 2 weeks in average, even
when I use the backlight heavily. Can any WinCE device beat this?
Christophe
> I'm not going to carry around
>another box, even a compact one, for the sole purpose of playing chess.
>ChessGenius is no grandmaster (it is probably barely an expert) but it is a
>strong enough sparring partner for 99% of the human population.
>
>So, for me, the question is simply, what's the best chess program I can get
>on my Palm? ChessGenius is the answer, at present.
>
>My other choices on the Palm are PocketChess 1.1, which has nowhere near
>the strength or features of ChessGenius, (I bought it about a year ago)
>or Chromagames (which I've not tried yet, but the person who did try it
>preferred PocketChess.). So far, it looks like ChessGenius (which I have
>purchased) is the winner there.
>
>You can get faster portable chess by selecting something with a faster
>processor, either a dedicated unit, or a chess program for a faster palmtop.
>(see: http://dmoz.org/Games/Board_Games/C/Chess/Software/PDA/) for a list of
>links.
>
>Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
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