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- 3/11/99
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- PocketChess v1.1
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- by Tinyware, Inc
- scottlu@eskimo.com
- http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu
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- Sections in this document:
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- 1> Intro
- 2> How to play
- 3> Features of PocketChess v1.1
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- 1. Intro
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- Welcome to the v. 1.1 release of PocketChess for Pilot!
- PocketChess is a full featured Chess playing program
- for your Pilot. PocketChess runs on all 3Com handheld models
- (to date, Palms, PalmPilots, and original Pilots).
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- This is a fully functioning version of PocketChess. Please
- support future PocketChess development by registering for $15 at:
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- http://www.digibuy.com/cgi-bin/order.html?scottlu
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- I will send you a note of gratitude for your support, and notify
- you for beta and release versions of PocketChess v2.0!
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- PocketChess v2.0 is under development! If you have feature requests
- and suggestions, now is a great time to send me some email.
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- Enjoy!
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- Scott Ludwig
- scottlu@eskimo.com
- http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu
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- PocketChess plays a standard game of chess and is intuitive to use.
- There are a few things to know:
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- Menus
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- - To access all the features in PocketChess, tap on the menu button found
- at the lower left of the Pilot screen, just left of the graffiti area.
- That'll pull down the PocketChess menu, giving you access to all the
- PocketChess commands. Or if you wish, use the menu shortcut by writing
- the letter of the shortcut directly in the graffiti area (no shortcut
- stroke required!)
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- Castling
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- - If the castle situation is legal, move your king two squares to the
- left for a queen side castle, two squares to the right for a king side
- castle
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- Minor issue on Palms
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- Starting with the PalmIII device, when viewing the applications list in
- icon view mode (as opposed to list view mode), the name "PocketChess"
- is clipped to say "PocketChes". This is unfortunate in my opinion. It
- is correctly viewed as "PocketChess" in other situations - list view,
- delete..., beam..., category..., info..., and it was correct on Pilot
- 1000, 5000, and PalmPilot devices. In addition it looks like there is
- just enough room in the Palm device hilight square to not clip off the
- last 's'. I have not decided to change the name of PocketChess, so for
- those in icon view mode it'll remain "PocketChes"! To change to list
- view mode, bring up the application list, tap on menu, Options,
- Preferences..., tap View By: and select "List". Hit Ok.
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- 3. Features of PocketChess v. 1.1
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- - A drag / drop move as well as a tap, tap move UI for moving pieces
- - Square selection cursor for detailing from, to positions of a chess
- move.
- - You vs. Pilot, You vs. Another Player, and Pilot vs. Pilot play.
- - 8 levels of difficulty
- - Playing status includes white / black player indicator, turn
- indicator, last move indicator (in algebraic notation), last piece
- played indicator.
- - Ability to turn off status for larger board size
- - Board setup mode to set up hypothetical chess positions and then play
- them
- - Undo Move command to undo moves. Remembers all moves back to the very
- first move.
- - Hint command. Proposes strategic moves for your pieces.
- - Skip Move command allows you to forgo your move
- - Reverse Board command to flip board presentation
- - Switch sides command which allows you to switch between playing black
- or white sides.
- - New game command
- - Current game is always saved if you switch to another Pilot
- application during play. Last game played is reloaded whenever chess
- is loaded again.
- - Game play allows you to issue any command during game play (even play
- level and play mode).
- - Sound effects to liven game play, including special sound effects for
- check, checkmate, and pawn promotion. Sound effects can be turned off.
- - A built in 80 game opening move library
- - Animated computer piece move, also used in hint and undo.
- - Menu shortcuts (using graffiti command strokes)
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- Thank you for playing PocketChess!
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