On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:09:32 GMT, nimrod{at}nimrods.org (Rudy Lopez)
wrote:

>I am a hobby programmer and would like to put together some apps for
>my Dell Axim.
>
>I am mainly interested in putting together programs to handle chess
>game databases in PGN format (which is just a plain text format as
>easily read by hunan eye as by machine). If I could support a
>graphical chessboard interface that would be great but I could start
>out with text and forms.
>
>My question is: what is the minimum amount of software I need to
>purchase in order to do the programming on a desktop running Windows
>2k Pro?
>
>I have experience using VB 5, Delphi 3, C and C++. I am not opposed to
>using Java or non MS software. 
>
>I am not a systems programmer by any means. Just looking for some
>suggestions on how to get started. 

Since you know VB, the transition to NS Basic CE would probably be
easy.  www.nsbasic.com/ce  You can program with it on a desktop or on
a CE machine.

I don't program for PPC, but use NS Basic for Palm.
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