Hi!

How do you install and run scid on the N800? I use a N770, and would
love scid on it.


Magnus L



Gene Venable skrev:
> I'm typing this on a Nokia 800, a handheld computer on which Scid works 
> great. You can buy them for not much more than $200 and use them for almost 
> everything a laptop can do. When I'm not looking at Alekhine's best games on 
> it, I take it jogging in my pocket to listen to mp3's and browse the net when 
> I'm in reach of wireless. I also use Skype on it regularly.
> 
> --Gene
> 
> Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: pgeorges schrieb:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>  > Let me be clear : I am a big fan of Palm OS, and I still like my old
>  > Tungsten E.
>  > But :
>  > - the "market" is clear, Pocket won due to big errors from Palm,
> 
> Hm, well it might be that OS X could come up as an
> alternative taking developments like the iPhone into
> account.
> 
>  > - I don't know any Tcl/Tk port done to Palm.
> 
> AFAIK none exists and it is unlikely that one could either.
> 
> Besides several technical limitations exist in memory and
> stuff that makes handling of larger DBs inconvenient. At
> least I think that it's almost impossible to just run the
> normal scid even if tcl/tk exists. (PalmOS does not have
> the concept of a "file" ;)
> 
>  > So it is both a technical limitation and the fact that
>  > Palm is dying (in its current form), that makes a port
>  > impossible.
> 
> I'd agree here as sad as it is.
> 
> The closest thing to come to Palm support is to interface
> wiht Palm OpenChess. It makes a pretty good game viewer,
> knows handling of variants and stuff and comes with some
> decent analysis engines. Unfortunately the converter from
> pgn -> OC's PDBs is closed source binary only. But I'll try
> again to ask Olaf to open it up. At least an "export filter
> to PDB" would be possible by calling the external tool.
> 
> Another option would be Hiarcs for Palm, but as a commercial
> program it might be a target to interface to it's pgn
> converter but OC would have the advantage of being OS.
> 
> An outbound interface to sme external convertor is on my
> personal wishlist. Especially the OC integration. I'll see
> wether I understand enough of scid to do that one in the
> medium run.
> 
> 
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