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Subject: Re: What is the Fritz 6 Old.eng Engine in the Fritz 6 Service Pack?

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 01:29:37 01/25/00

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On January 23, 2000 at 20:40:34, Lonnie Cook wrote:

>On January 23, 2000 at 20:28:19, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On January 23, 2000 at 20:26:28, Len Eisner wrote:
>>
>>>On January 23, 2000 at 20:19:47, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 23, 2000 at 19:41:51, Len Eisner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>After installing the Fritz 6 Service Pack, I have two Fritz 6 engines in my
>>>>>Engines folder.  One is called Fritz 6.eng and the other is called Fritz 6
>>>>>Old.eng.  Is the old one the original Fritz 6 engine?
>>>>>
>>>>>Here are the specifics:
>>>>>
>>>>>Fritz 6.eng  283K 1/23/00
>>>>>Fritz 6 Old.eng 285K 1/17/00
>>>>>
>>>>>Len
>>>>
>>>>Hello Len,
>>>>I think they simply left the original Fritz 6 engine in the folder and renamed
>>>>it.  I guess so you can compare the old to the new if you want to.  My first
>>>>impression is that the new Fritz 6 is the one to beat now.  I've only had it 2
>>>>hours so don't put too much faith in what I say.  I just like it and also I'm
>>>>getting used to the new GUI and I like it better now than the old one which I
>>>>thought was excellent.
>>>>Jim Walker
>>>
>>>Hi Jim,
>>>
>>>The new Fritz 6 GUI looks the same to me as the original Fritz 6 GUI.  What
>>>looks different?
>>>
>>>Also, the new Fritz 6 engine seems slower that the original Fritz 6 engine in
>>>terms of nodes per second.  Have you noticed that?
>>>
>>>Len
>>
>>Len, I just posted that. The NPS seems a lot slower.
>>This was why i asked if it is the same as the one enrigue is using.
>>Thanks.
>
>Might be slower but not my much BUT its probably a little higher quality, time
>will tell ...

Its telling me its time to say its a good improvement from what I've seen on ICC
while using it. Evals seemed more consistent and it seems more square orientated
... Had a couple come from behind zingers that the other side didn't even know
what hit them



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