Bookup Chess Database
Craig Jennings #1685 @11554
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I have the unfortunate dilemma of owning a Macintosh -- a great computer for
everything except Chess software. The only database that exists for Macintosh
is Bookup (or at least to my knowledge). It's about $99, which for a college
student is a fair chunk of money.
Before I take the plunge, does anyone out there feel like encouraging me in
this purchase or advising me that Bookup is a waste of money?
Does anyone know if there's another chess database for Macintosh? Games of
Berkeley says no, but they have been wrong before.
Any information would be appreciated.
John Rummel
Jennings #1685 @11554) wrote:
Bookup is the only show in town for the Mac right now. ChessBase is
concurrently developing a Windows version of their product and a Mac
version. The Windows version will be released first (any week now) and then
the Mac. CB is also putting out a Mac version of their chess playing
engine, Fritz3.
These products have been projected to be available sometime before the end
of 1994.
Keep your fingers crossed.
<don't get me wrong, Bookup is a great product, but it's not a game
database.
--
John Rummel
William B. Wright
Depends on what you want out of chess software. The Bookup
people will tell you that it is not for games storage (it can do it, but
that's not what it is for). It can also import/export text and create
diagrams, (not very well in either case) but that is not its prime
function. Its primary function is as an openings database.
By mousing (much faster than typing for me) in the first 10-15
moves of openings with all the variations, sub-variations,
sub-sub-variations, etc. you have an excellent way to review
that opening later on. When I buy an openings book, rather than
study it on a real board, I use Bookup's. Then, when I want to
look up or review the line later, I open the Bookup database and
it gives me, for any given position, all the candidate moves given
in that book. And yes, Bookup is it for the Mac :-(
ChessBase has promised a mac version, but their priorities
are quite clearly on the IBM side and I'm not holding my
breath. Even if they come up with something, that version will
always be years behind its IBM counterpart. Best bet for this
type of stuff is to wait til you're making money & buy a
Power Mac. :-)
--
Pawn grubbing is its own reward!
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