David Jones wrote:
> Yes, but Palms are not big devices, in any sense.
> 
> The typical entry level device that a student Scrabbler buys on EBay might
> pack only 32K. Seriously.
> 
> Think small. Think VERY small.
> 
> The other problem is power consumption: the typical Palm will exhaust its
> battery in minutes if it performs any compute intensive task. And the
> processor is pretty limited. Even my 200MHz Clie takes over 2 seconds to
> estimate a new performance rating based on 12 tournament games if it uses
> double-precision floating-point arithmwtic. My rating calculator uses lots
> of lookup tables and 16-bit fixed point for just this reason.
> 
> We're not talking Vic-20 yet, but it's close.

You're a few years behind in models.

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