From: Reg Tanaban HOTMAIL COM> Date: 25 jun 2001 Subject: Shogi software and Windows (English version) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C0FDC2.BD1497A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Which shogi software works with English-version Windows (especially = Windows 2000)? I'd like to buy (it doesn't seem there are any freeware = available, other than Shogi Variations, which doesn't have a very strong = AI) shogi-playing software, but it seems currently there are none for = the English-speaking market and I'm not sure which (if any) of the = Japanese shogi software can run successfully on English-version Windows. = I've heard of someone trying some version of shogi software and not = being able to read the Japanese characters in the menu, etc. Since I can = read some Japanese, I'd like to know if there are any software without = such liabilities.=20 I also remember seeing a couple of versions of shogi for GameBoy when I = last visited Tokyo -- are they of reasonable strength for = beginning-to-intermediate players? Are there any for Palm? Thanks for any reports and recommendations. Reg ------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C0FDC2.BD1497A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Which shogi software works with English-version = Windows=20 (especially Windows 2000)? I'd like to buy (it doesn't seem there are = any=20 freeware available, other than Shogi Variations, which doesn't have a = very=20 strong AI) shogi-playing software, but it seems currently there are none = for the=20 English-speaking market and I'm not sure which (if any) of the Japanese = shogi=20 software can run successfully on English-version Windows. I've heard of = someone=20 trying some version of shogi software and not being able to read the = Japanese=20 characters in the menu, etc. Since I can read some Japanese, I'd like to = know if=20 there are any software without such liabilities.

I also remember seeing a couple of versions of = shogi for=20 GameBoy when I last visited Tokyo -- are they of reasonable strength for = beginning-to-intermediate players? Are there any for Palm?

Thanks for any reports and = recommendations.

Reg

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