Psion Ches was the first 'game' I bought on my 19th birthday ( that would
be 21st December 1985 ),
that actually sounds a little sad but I did get very wrecked that night :-). I
think it cost about £20 but I thought it not only looked amazing ( esp on a
Microvitec QL monitor) but played
extdgl42 wrote:
Is that the Psion chess below? I highly recommend it to anyone. Psion,
despite being only 67K and old, played one of the most amazing games I've
ever seen, any chess package, even a master, maybe grandmaster. This
includes Francois Lanciault's Blackknight (I wrote reviews
Written I believe on a 68000 based Sage computer.
Malcolm
Phil Kett wrote:
extdgl42 wrote:
Is that the Psion chess below? I highly recommend it to anyone. Psion,
despite being only 67K and old, played one of the most amazing games I've
ever seen, any chess package, even a master, maybe
Further:
Francois' Blackknight was not being any slouch, don't get me wrong. But Psion
played a surprising sacrifice early in the game, really surprising for a
program esp a small one, slowly ground it out in seemingly adverse
circumstances into the better game, then into an endgame with only a
Tony,
As you may know (you don't? uh-oh :-) you've been listed for the NA show as
fixing things. I'd like to mention beforehand something I'd like done:
getting my floppy drives working. Years ago the previous ones, old, had trouble
I replaced them with new generics. They had some sort of
If anyone has a QL monitor they'd like to part with, please bring it to the
show and we likely can negotiate a decent price. Esp if you take plastic. May
not have checks before I leave.
What I am looking to replace:
Currently I have an old Acorn III RGB, roughly a foot or foot and a half cube,
BlackKnight... now this brings memories... My first attempt at a
chess program... But yes, it could not beat Psion chess. This program
is a marvel. I should try to pitch my latest chess program against it
one day...
On to another topic...
My (main) QL is a Aurora/SuperGoldCard/Minerva
Nuts--too late--there is, or used to be, a place in town with not just old
systems but boxes of old serial mice--cheap too. I only have one in my place.
One can, though, ship within the continent without breaking the bank.
Doug L. 37830 USA
-Original Message-
From: Francois Lanciault
Psion chess was written by Richard Lang. It's more recent incarnations
are as Chess Genius for PC, pocket PC etc. It is even stronger now, but
still about the same price. I had a private correspondence with him a
while ago - as I have a whole archive of old chess games stored on disc,
and
Actually, a port of something Richard Lang originally wrote for the
Z80 !!!
Malcolm Lear wrote:
Written I believe on a 68000 based Sage computer.
Malcolm
Phil Kett wrote:
extdgl42 wrote:
Is that the Psion chess below? I highly recommend it to anyone. Psion,
despite
Free downloads for various platforms available here
http://www.chessgenius.com/pc/index.html
you have to pay £20 for a licence to unlock most of the options, but it
gives a playable game, instantaneous response and a feel very similar to
the original. You can beat it the same way as the original
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