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Recommendations for Backgammon on Mac

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Michael Plog

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Feb 7, 2010, 9:21:59 PM2/7/10
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I am in the process of switching from PC to Mac. Any thoughts about
which backgammon software is the best for Mac? Thanks for your input.
Michael Plog

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Feb 7, 2010, 10:08:26 PM2/7/10
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In article <3e681ebe-6a42-4f38...@m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,

Michael Plog <mbp...@comcast.net> wrote:
>I am in the process of switching from PC to Mac. Any thoughts about
>which backgammon software is the best for Mac? Thanks for your input.

GNU Backgammon is the obvious choice.

There's also eXtreme Gammon, which is faster and probably slightly
stronger, but you'll need a Windows emulator to run it on a Mac.
--
Tim Chow tchow-at-alum-dot-mit-dot-edu
The range of our projectiles---even ... the artillery---however great, will
never exceed four of those miles of which as many thousand separate us from
the center of the earth. ---Galileo, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

Walt

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Feb 8, 2010, 9:09:39 AM2/8/10
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Michael Plog wrote:
> I am in the process of switching from PC to Mac. Any thoughts about
> which backgammon software is the best for Mac? Thanks for your input.


See http://www.bkgm.com/software.html#macintosh

My recommendation would be gnubg (free, does everything you need it to)
or JavaFibs (also free) if you're going to play on FIBS.

//Walt

Frank Berger

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Feb 12, 2010, 5:52:23 PM2/12/10
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On Feb 8, 3:21 am, Michael Plog <mbp...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am in the process of switching from PC to Mac.  Any thoughts about
> which backgammon software is the best for Mac?  Thanks for your input.

You might also look at BGBlitz (www.bgblitz.com) which runs native on
the mac...

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