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Subject: Re: Hiarcs in 6 weeks ?

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 14:18:50 04/13/00

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On April 13, 2000 at 13:02:13, BadGandalf wrote:

>Literally taken from Gambit-Soft news: 'Rumour has it that there might be a new
>HIARCS in about 6 weeks. We heard it from an old customer, but do not know how
>reliable his information is. - 13.4.2000'
>
>Hiarcs website doesn't say anything and has been unchanged for very long.
>Anybody knows anything about this ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Ignacio
Hi Ignacio:
Now that at least there are rumours, I think that I can uncover some of the
information given to me under word of silence -people exagerates the more the
less really important the issue is- and that I have since some time ago. It is
this:
a) It will be -or would be- a windows version, as anyway anybody could presume.
b) It would not be named Hiarcs 8 or something, but with a more flashy name.
c) It will handle very big hash tables. CD-Rom version, of course.
d) an incredible -they say so- strong engine that has been being tested with GM
or IM kind of players. British players, guess whom.
e) endings TB created by Uniacke with original heuristics.
f) Not sure -my source was very doubtfoull about this- but it seems some effort
was given to get a really better GUI, not the current almost Hercules breed. .
G) tutorial capacities far beyond the usual in the industry.

I would like to make clear that I cannot ensure nothing of all this. Maybe I am
just victim of a joke. I just give voice to something said to me by a guy that
usually know what is happening in british CD pressing industry. Probably he
could lose his job If I give his name. And I would lose a friend. Maybe I will
lose him the same just for this. I Hope no. After all, this is not nuclear
weaponry. Anyway, true or not, in only some weeks we will know for certain.
Ciao
Fernando



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