Ian Osgood wrote: > On Feb 7, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Don Dailey wrote: > >> I'm thinking about upgrading my palm OS Go program and I'm looking for >> ways to strengthen it without adding a lot of code or memory. >> Basically I want the strongest possible program that is truly "light" in >> every way. >> >> PDA's of course are MUCH slower than PC's, and memory is at a premium >> although that has been improved somewhat over the years. However for >> the current Palm OS, using a lot of memory is a bit of a hack, >> reminding me of the old days of DOS where you could use a lot of memory >> but you had to do extra programming to get away with it. >> >> - Don > > I'm surprised that the big names in Go programming a decade ago > haven't ported their programs to the small handheld platforms. I only > know of AI Go for the Nintendo DS (Many Faces). In the chess arena, > Richard Lang ported his last Mephisto program from the 80s (Roma) to > the Palm and then to the PocketPC. Chess Genius is now one of the top > selling games of any kind on these platforms. The authors of the > strong programs Shredder and HIARCS have also followed suit. I would > have thought this a vast untapped market, especially in Asia where > gadgets are so prevalent. > You would think that, but Ogo sold only a few hundred copies, and most of them in Europe and the USA. I don't know if this is true, but I heard that Asian markets are difficult to penetrate and that even with the internet you cannot expect to get many sales. I did get SOME sales from those places, but very few relative to Europe and USA.
I bought Chess Genius for the palm, one of my favorite programs. I didn't try the others. - Don > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
