Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:35:41 10/22/03
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On October 22, 2003 at 17:44:00, Matthew Hull wrote:
>On October 22, 2003 at 17:27:53, Dann Corbit wrote:
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>>On October 22, 2003 at 17:21:31, Fernando Villegas wrote:
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>>>I thank you for your worry about my expenses, but I do not consider to squander
>>>money when I purchase these things.
>>>Nevertheless you have a point: from a strictly rational point of view nobody
>>>here, not me either, NEEDS an stronger engine, but I am sure you share with me
>>>and everybody here a permanent search of even stronger engines althoug we are
>>>probably beaten by any 80's vintage programs 9 times of ten and 12 times of ten
>>>by any 90's vintage program.
>>>That's the nature of a hobby. They are always irrational. Anyway, what else you
>>>an do with that 30 bucks? Women worthy of the effort are asking lot more...
>>
>>It's like buying a Picasso or a Rembrandt. Who needs a Rembrandt, for crying
>>out loud?
>>
>>We buy the chess engines because we know that they will do something beautiful
>>and breathtaking.
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>How breathtaking are your back levels of Fritz and Junior? At least my $400
>dollar 1988 Fidelity chess computer can serve as a kind of "objecto de arto".
>But an old floppy or CD for which you paid $80 or $150 doesn't age as
>gracefully, I'm betting.
>
>;)
>MH
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>>I'd rather have the chess engine. Except that I could sell the Rembrandt and
>>get all the chess engines I could ever want.
>>
>>So if anyone has any unwanted Rembrandts, they can send them to me.
I have a TRS-80 cassette of Sargon II (1979).
I don't think it is still useable, but for me it is a treasure.
Christophe
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