Re: computer-go: Computer opportunity

[Matthew John Saffell <saffell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As for go playing software, there is a version of GnuGo that was ported to
the Pilot.  I don't have the information on me, but I believe there's a
link to the author from the GnuGo website. 

Matt


On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Davis wrote:

> For my work, I just acquired a PalmPilot, and in addition to a vast
> array of third-party business products, a tremendous number of games
> have been written for the platform (I will not comment about what this
> says about business users).  Most of the add-ons are shareware, but a
> few are offered commercially.  Unfortunately, there are no Go products
> available.
> 
> I don't believe that the screen is large enough for full game playing
> (Chess and Mahjongg are available), but it would be ideal for
> interactive Life and Death problems, Joseki practice, etc.  The
> manufacturers, 3Com, are extremely vendor friendly -- they offer two
> levels of company certification ("Palm Computing Platform Compatible"
> and "Platinum Certified").  The programming language is supposed to be
> easy to use.  The main web sites are:<Palm.com>  <PalmCentral.com> and
> the Product Quality Partners, <qpqa.com/qp3com.html>.
> 
> I am not a programmer, but I would love to encourage those who are to
> explore this opportunity.  By the way, there are a couple of bonus
> situations.  First, the manufacturers have come out with a reasonably
> cheap model PalmPilot, which would be fine for Go enthusiasts (even if
> they don't use if for work), and second, if a game client could be
> written for the small screen, all the current units all have modem ports
> that can be used for email, browsing the web, "game playing," etc.
> 
> If anyone accepts the challenge, please let me know.
> 
> (Also, if the reader is not interested, but knows someone who is, please
> forward).
>