Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:33:54 10/31/97
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On October 31, 1997 at 16:51:36, Ingo Althofer wrote: >Up to round 9 the following programs, running on slow hardware ( 233 >MHz or less ) achieved wins against programs on fast hardware ( PII- >300 or Alpha with 500+ MHz ): > >For each successful team I mention only the win against the highest >ranked "fast hardware program" ( until round 9 ): > >Capture ( K6-200 ) won against Tiger ( PII-300 ) >Eugen ( K6-200 ) won against Crafty ( Alpha 533 ) >Gandalf (K6-200) won against Shredder ( Alpha 533 ) >Goliath (K6-200) won against Crafty >Hydra (K6-233) won against Tiger >MChess (K6-233) won against Ferret ( Alpha 767 ) >SOS (K6-200) won against XXXX ( PII-300 ) >Stobor (K6-200) won against Fritz ( PII-300 ) > >A special case is Junior. In round 4 it won against Ferret. However, >Junior started the tournament on a K6-200 and switched to a PII-300 >at some point. Currently I don't know on which hardware Junior >played this round 4. > >Assuming the worst case concerning Junior, up to now at most 9 free >drinks may have been spent for operators of programs on slow hardware. > > Ingo Althoefer. >PS: The only program on "intermediate" hardware is Nightmare on a >PII-266. Ingo... let me *assure* you that I in no way am attempting to break you financially. :) Seems I am definitely making a dent in your pocketbook however. :) BTW crafty is on a 500mhz alpha, not a 533, not that there is much difference. But it is a plain, vanilla alpha. And it isn't doing us a lot of good as you notice. :) or should that be :( Bob
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