Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 13:29:05 05/02/99
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On May 02, 1999 at 15:34:03, Roger D Davis wrote: >Say that Hsu is able to make a Deep Blue Junior card available for the average >PC-compatible computer for $200 (my assumption, not published info). Wouldn't >that destroy the market for the commericial programs? I mean, who is going to >want to pay $100 for Millenium or even $50 for Fritz when they can pay less than >the price of Chessbase and have something that could shred all but the top ten >grandmasters (and maybe those two) on their desktop? Since a single chess chip >slowed way, way down thumped two of the leading commercials, seems that this >will destory the careers of a lot of good programmers. Either that, or you'll be >able to buy Rebel for $20, and free shipping. > >Roger If it's that much better, maybe it would retail for a lot more than $200. !? Dave
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