Howdy! I'm an enthusiastic forty-something with many interests; gaming has recently become one of them. I'm currently developing five games at once (mostly...
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Howdy! I'm an enthusiastic forty-something with many interests; gaming has recently become one of them. I'm currently developing five games at once, with...
http://open-forge.org ... -- ____________________________________________________________________ Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books...
Jim Choate
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Mar 10, 2002 7:20 pm
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Hi - just joined the list so I felt I should give a shout. I have been looking at creating a simple skirmish to play as a display game at a show or two next...
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Howdy all! My name is Michael, and I am an aspiring war-game designer. I am currently working on a turn-based small unit tactical game. It has a sci-fi...
Anyone use their palmtop and like device to help them in their endevour?
What programs, fonts, and like do you have for others to share? URLs and
sites are...
I'd be interested in this area as well...I recently came into possession of a second hand PDA a fellow worker was giving away (granted, it's only an 8MB Palm...
At one time I had a dice simulator on my Palm IIIx. It was customizable to allow any combination of dice (1D6, 2D10, 4D100, etc.). I think I found it on...
... If you have a PDA, there's no reason not to use it this way, but it's really overkill. You can do this with a programmable calculator or a TRS-80 Pocket...
David A. Vandenbroucke
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Apr 3, 2002 6:46 pm
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OTOH, a Palm (or Visor, or CE handheld or whatever...) can combine a die roller with many other functions, such as having a database or chart lookups handy in...
<delurk> ... I have tried 3 free dice roller progs and found that the best one for my use was "Roll Em". You can get it at http://www.palmgear.com . It can be...
On the other hand (or palm... ;) I spend so much time (9-12 hours per day) either with a PalmPilot in my hand or a laptop on my lap, I look forward to leaving...
... ??? It can handle the entire game in most cases. -- ____________________________________________________________________ There is less in this than meets...
Jim Choate
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Apr 4, 2002 2:49 am
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... If you are talking about a glorified arcade game that runs on a Palm, sure. I'm talking about how *I* would use a Palmtop in wargaming: A dice roller, and...
... What a waste (especially spending money on the Palm)... Get a Pocket PC, my E-125 has 128M of RAM, a 1G hard drive, a 802.11b wireless card, USB, & serial...
Jim Choate
ravage@...
Apr 4, 2002 3:44 am
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... Get a Pocket PC, my E-125 has 128M of RAM, a 1G hard drive, a 802.11b wireless card, USB, & serial port. 320x200 (re C64) at many thousands of colors. It's...
... Absolutely not, it is simply a recognition that the technology that the Palm is based in is not obsolete. While there is clearly a market inertia, in the...
Jim Choate
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Apr 4, 2002 5:46 am
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... EXACTLY. And that -must- include technical discussion to their capability. The Palm doesn't have what it will take long term.<<<< To which I reply, "Even a...
I think this is relavent to the topic... What I like about the Palm is the instant "on" feature (in reality, it is never "off"). My laptop takes 10 minutes to...
... Long term? You want long term? I have a Starfire program for my Model 100 that I still use. It will still be running when your latest wonder is tossed...
David A. Vandenbroucke
davanden@...
Apr 4, 2002 7:13 pm
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... Wrong, they're actually faster than the Palms (usually by a factor of 2-3x). Go to a store and play with one. -- ...
Jim Choate
ravage@...
Apr 5, 2002 1:09 am
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... What has that got to do with using a Palm for gaming?... But to address your specious point, I collect and repair old machines. I've several that make your...
Jim Choate
ravage@...
Apr 5, 2002 1:28 am
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... Um, my Palm m130 takes absolutely NO time to boot. I hit the switch, and it's on. What planet are you from, perchance? ;-) Best, Len Cleavelin -- It was...
I suppose I'm one of the world's most experienced people at programming wargame assistance programs (for the hobby market anyway) with one commercial product...
... My PocketPC takes no time either. I'm from Earth. You should visit a computer store some time and play with a PocketPC. -- ...
Jim Choate
ravage@...
Apr 5, 2002 12:47 pm
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Hey, maybe we can get these two guys to do one of those celebrity boxing matches. :) Leonard "The Palm" Cleavelin vs Jim "Pocketman" Choate...
Bodenheimer Karl
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Apr 5, 2002 1:49 pm
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... When I went to buy I spent about 30-45 minutes putting both Palm OS and Pocket PC devices through their paces, and decided on the Palm. The Palm does...
