Re: computer-go: Computer opportunity

[Daniel Bump <bump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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.

GNU Go 1.2 was ported to the palm pilot by Matthias von Davier. 
You can download it at:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/9634/pilot.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.

GNU Go 2.xx may be too large to run on the palm pilot. If
any one wants I can supply them with archived versions of GNU Go
that are stronger than 1.2 but smaller than 2.0.

Daniel Bump
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/devel.html