Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:07:52 04/10/00
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On April 10, 2000 at 18:55:31, Ian Osgood wrote:
>On April 09, 2000 at 07:19:15, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Marcus,
>>
>>>the sapphire is doubtless the much stronger progam.
>>>the palm genius is maximum slightly above 1900. he can´t even hold down the old
>>>travel champion. against the sapphire he is chanceless.
>>
>>
>>I also have Palm Genius and a Travel Champion. It would seem that Travel
>>Champion is Palm Genius' 'bogey' opponent as it doesn't do as well as one might
>>expect. However other (Richard Fowell) have reported that Palm Genius holds its
>>own against the Sapphire, so maybe Palm Genius is stronger than 1900. All the
>>tests that have been carried out on the base code of the Roma would indicate
>>that Palm Genius should be >2000 ELO.
>
>I am the one who reported results of the ChessGenius (PalmIIIe) vs. Sapphire II.
> Here are my results (Genius-Sapphire):
>
>1 sec (unregistered) vs 2 sec (no book,no hash,no brain): 0-1
>1 sec vs 2 sec (no hash, no brain): 0-2
>1 sec vs 2 sec (no hash): 0-1
>
>(Genius registered, both using book, Sapphire no permanent brain)
>2 sec vs 2 sec: 2 - 2
>5 sec vs 5 sec: 1.5 - 2.5
>10 sec vs 10 sec: 1 - 3
>
>Comments:
>
>Sapphire II is the stronger computer. The determining factors in my opinion:
>
>1. Much larger book: Genius fell into lost positions in several games.
>2. Selective play: Sapphire sees the holes in Genius's selective search, and is
>more active.
>3. Hash tables: Sapphire has them (albeit small). This wasn't as big a factor
>as I originally thought: Genius has superb endgame heuristics. It even won one
>of the games out of a PPPPN vs PPR ending!
>
>Genius is comparatively stronger at the fast controls (1sec, 2sec) but Sapphire
>II gains the edge as the thinking times lengthen. This could be due to its hash
>tables or its more modern search (1996 vs 1984 for Roma).
>
>However, ChessGenius wins hands down for convenience (back-lit, touch screen,
>pocket size vs thick calculator).
>
>I still need assurance that it is safe to overclock my Palm IIIe before I do
>"advanced" testing. There are some horror stories in the newsgroups of people
>who trashed their Palm permanently after overclocking.
>
>Ian Osgood
>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve Maughan
I had no real problem with overclocking my PalmIIIx. I tried a frequency that
the processor could not support, and I had to reset the device. I even think I
lost all my data by doing so, but I had hotsynched just before, and restoring
all my data was really easy and fast. Just had to press the "HotSync" button
actually.
I you run your match again with the overclocked Palm, the result could very well
be reversed.
You can expect 100 elo points more from Genius if you can, as I do, overclock
you Palm to 26MHz with no wait-states. It becomes almost 2.6 times faster, that
really makes a difference.
Your PalmIIIe should support the overclocking. Download AfterBurner 2.2 and just
give it a serious try.
Christophe
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