Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:50:48 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 14:26:16, Chris Carson wrote: >On July 20, 2000 at 13:03:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>2 years ago a single DB chip played several matches with top commercial >>programs. This DB chip was running at 1/10th of its normal speed, and yet >>it won 36 out of 40 games. This has been reported several times here on CCC, >>by several that have heard Hsu and Campbell give talks about the DB hardware. >> >>If it could win 90% of the games running at 1/10th the normal speed for one >>chip, what does 480 chips at full speed get (hint: 4,800 times faster). Would >>you think it might have a pretty easy time with today's programs? quads or >>8-way boxes as you want? >> > >Games against P90 machines. What were the program versions? what were >the settings? Who was the operator? Which book was used? Where are >the games for inspection? Did the DB team get permission to perform >this tournament and permission to report results? Were you there? I was there. The program authors were there. That was a requirement for the ACM events. We all sat across the board from each other. Marty. Ed. Richard. Hsu. Myself. anybody else you would care to name... > >This is all mythical at best. Still no proof and non of the programs >were Deep Junior were they? and your point would be? Deep Junior is far and away better than any other program playing today? We can discuss that probability if you want... > >> >>No, but they must fly in yours... In my neighborhood, DB still flies... >> > >Really, I thought DB was torn apart and in Deep Storage? :) > >Best regards, >Chris Carson It could play in hours if the price was right. The hardware still exists...
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