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Subject: Re: Crafty and single-computer winboard matches

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 22:39:15 10/05/99

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On October 06, 1999 at 01:02:53, Peter Kappler wrote:
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>Yes, I know that Xboard (and even Winboard) can support multi-machine testing
>via rsh, but not all of us have access to multiple machines.

For about $500 you can get a very good chess playing computer.  Since you are a
chess program author, surely you will want a setup like this for test purposes.

>Also consider that testing on 2 machines often introduces other inequalities
>(different processor speeds, bus speeds, etc).

The solution is to play program x on machine a verses program y on machine b.
Then play program y on machine a verses program x on machine b.




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