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Subject: Re: DIAMOND/NOVAG/RISC/AS A REFERENCE MODEL.

Author: Mark Young

Date: 16:15:02 06/07/98

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On June 07, 1998 at 18:04:01, William Dozier wrote:

>Good day everyone: I have had the DIAMOND NOVAG for about two years and
>so far i have not been sorry that i brought it. It is worth every dollar
>that i spent for it and some and it is fast. It has beaten SARGON V FOR
>the Mac, it has beaten crafty on numerious times. It has beaten MacChess
>PPc Version 3, 4. it has beaten RadioShack 2150. It has not beaten
>Hiarcs 60. It is interesting to note that the program for the DIAMOND
>NOVAG by the same people who wrote the program for Hiarcs. So any
>program that cannot beat it, its a weak program, that is why i called it
>a refeerence chess standalone, where as i guage other strong chess
>programs.
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I would not use a stand-alone as a reference computer to gauge other PC
programs. The hardware speed of PC’s can be many times faster then a
stand-alone model.  Just for fun I tested a weak PC program, CM3000 on a
P II 300 vs some of the stronger stand-alone models.  The results were
not pretty for the tabletop computers. So I don’t think your Diamond
Novag has a snow balls chance in hell of ever beating Hiarcs 6.



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