PLFaith@cup.portal.com (Patrick L Faith) (11/13/89)
I have been using Sargon IV to teach chess to little kids, around 4 yrs old. Sargon has some features for kids that are not present in the other packages. For example in sargon, they enjoy the chess pieces with the big noses and generally funny faces. Now this might not seem important, but to keep little kids interest up, it helps a lot. Four year olds have no problem with the user interface, which is a big, big block for them to get over. Any way, for teaching kids chess, I think Sargon is excellent, in that it does not distract them with to much silliness, like battle chess, etc.., while still giving them some fun. If any one else has some comments about teaching kids chess with computers, send it to me, I need the help. P L Faith
mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord) (11/14/89)
Is Sargon IV copy protected? Does it have a "enter .. from the manual" screen? I'm looking for an easy to use chess program, and thus far have tried (purchased) ChessMaster2000, which has very annoying copy protection, making hard drive installation difficult (though not impossible). I also bought ChessMaster2100, which claims to have NO COPY PROTECTION on the package, though the diskette DOES indeed include a copy protection mechanism (pretty slimey!). In addition, it does allow hard drive installation, but has a STUPID screen that prompts me for some trivia from the manual each time a fire it up. Enough to strongly discourage me from playing impromptu games with it (my desk is too cluttered to keep the manual around, and the stupid thing doesn't work inside DESQVIEW either!). I have been contemplating getting SARGON IV, but the package does not indicate whether or not it also has such nasties.. Would the original poster(s) be so kind as to let us all know ?? Thanks! -Mark -- +-------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Mark S. Lord | Hey, It's only MY opinion. | | utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!mlord%bmers58 | Feel free to have your own.| +-------------------------------------+----------------------------+
rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) (11/24/89)
In article <499@bmers58.UUCP> mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord) writes: >I'm looking for an easy to use chess program... I'm looking for a chess program that is animated. Not just that the chess pieces move but that they are made in the form of their repective pieces, ie a king is a king, and that they do animated battle. I've seen this for the Amiga and it was called Battle Chess. Anyone know if this exists for the mac or whether anyone is planning on making it exist for the mac? Thanks, -rsvp
PLFaith@cup.portal.com (Patrick L Faith) (11/26/89)
Sargon IV, I just bought a copy 4 weeks ago, does not have any copy protection, if you copy from the original disk to a hard disk. It does not ask questions from the manual to verify users. P L Faith