Jabble

Jabble v1.50 ------------ based on code by an unknown author Improvements and Psion targetting by Dom Cobley * Jabble * Play Scrabble against your Psion! (& other Java platforms) Features a very strong dictionary (OSW4), 143,258 words, rack balancing strategy, fast exhaustive searching. * Psion Troubleshooting * You need to install the Java Runtime Environment from Psion's site (http://www.psion.com/downloads/jvm.html) Running Java on the Psion is memory hungry. You'll need about 3.5M free on the C drive to run it. It should work on a 5mx, MC218, series 7 and netbook. It could work on a Revo+. * Java Troubleshooting * You need java runtime environment - see (http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html) Then run: java -jar Jabble.jar * Usage * See jabble.hlp in the installation directory * License * This is released as freeware. Read license.txt for details. Contact me (domcobley@hotmail.com) if you have any comments. * History * v 0.9 Initial release v 0.91 Added '7' options to use colour and larger screen size of series 7 v 0.92 Added variable number of human/computer players v 0.93 Added player pass, computer change letters (if cannot move and >7 tiles left) v 0.94 Cleverer computer tile change (keeps good letters) v 0.95 Scales with screen size (so no need for '7' option) v 0.96 Proper configuration screen for setting players. Computer levels (basic) v 1.00 Added tournament option, improved layout for different screen sizes v 1.10 Changed to LeXpert dictionary format. Added no player problem solve mode v 1.20 Multi threaded the move generation - can still use GUI while computer is playing. v 1.30 Some optimisation. Dictionary creation. Wordy dialogue (don't use on Psion - slow). v 1.50 Faster way of loading dictionary - no endian reversal from Lexpert now * To Do * Improve computer levels (ideally create subsets of main dictionary to reduce its vocabulary) Test on Revo+ Contact me with any suggestions