🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: gnu.chess
Article #4703

Chess Programs??

#4703
From: Chris Smart
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 02:01
23 lines
1535 bytes
Hi.  I am a blind, 18 year-old, computer using, beginner at chess.  I am 
looking for a program for my IBM PC that will let me play chess against 
it, at a variety of levels of difficulty.  Here's the catch.  I depend on 
speech from the computer to get what's on the screen, so I need something 
that both let's me enter the moves using the keyboard (not a mouse), and 
also puts a list of moves on the screen in algebraic notation.
In other words, I can't use a chess program that is ALL GRAPHICS like 
Battle Chess.

Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome.  Also, are there any 
portable chess computers/sets that talk?

Thanks in advance,
Chris.
Note:  If you can, please send your replies to one of the following 
addresses, the best one to use being the Internet Email one.

Internet:  email to chris.smart@canrem.com
Fidonet:  netmail to 1:229/15
Rime:  private and routed mail to ->crs or ->118

... OH NO NURSE, I said prick his boil. (sigh)
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
Technical Details
Message-ID: <60.1543.4070.0N1C27B9@canrem.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!uunet!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!portnoy!canrem.com!chris.smart

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,d03394313663cece,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-08 08:35:53 PST
Newsgroups: gnu.chess
Subject: Chess Programs??
From: chris.smart@canrem.com (Chris Smart)
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!uunet!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!portnoy!canrem.com!chris.smart
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <60.1543.4070.0N1C27B9@canrem.com>
Date: Wed,  7 Dec 94 21:01:00 -0500
Organization: CRS Online  (Toronto, Ontario)
Lines: 23