Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:56:42 07/26/00
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On July 26, 2000 at 14:35:04, Chris Carson wrote: >On July 26, 2000 at 14:22:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 26, 2000 at 04:30:42, Jason Williamson wrote: >> >>>So, is Hsu going to release a Deep Thought commercial program with some sort of >>>Hardware card, simular to the ChessMachine of old? >>> >>>I can see some sort of marketing scheme where you can buy differnt version with >>>more chips on it, the 1x, 2x, 4x cards ect. Hmm, would it be considered a micro >>>still then? I guess so, since other programs (ie the Chessmachine) that used >>>hardware were. >>> >>>Jason >> >> >>I think that as of right now, DB is MIA and will continue to be so. Hsu had >>aspirations of building one 15x faster. However Kasparov declined to agree >>to play a third match assuming he could find sponsors and then build the >>machine. So with the chicken-and-egg problem unsolved, I think he has moved >>on to other things, period... > >Did Kasparov want this 15x thing to prove it self against other >opponents before he would grant the match? > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson Yes, he said "if you build it I will come, after it has played other humans to prove it is worthy." Hsu said "I can't build it until you agree to play it, as sponsors are only going to support another match (a rubber match, if you will) against the best human in the world." A chicken-and-egg problem. I won't play until you build it. You can't build it until I agree to play. Nothing happens, there...
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