Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:56:48 08/07/00
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On August 07, 2000 at 22:48:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 07, 2000 at 22:31:58, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On August 07, 2000 at 22:23:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 07, 2000 at 21:45:55, Peter Kappler wrote: >>[snip] >>>>What hardware will you use? >>>> >>>>--Peter >>> >>> >>>Graham has been busy and has lined up an alpha from Compaq... but a real >>>alpha and not a PC-alpha... >>> >>>more after I check out the model number, etc. >> >>Sure would be interesting if it were one of those 64 CPU terrors currently in >>beta. NPS beyond the wildest dreams of avarice. > > >Not legal in the WMCCC. Single cpu only. The machine appears to be a 21264 >so it will run Crafty way better than any intel or clone... Some of their machines have a ludicrously fast memory bus (something insane like 1.6G/sec springs to mind). Don't know if those would be allowed in a WMCCC contest either, but with a ton of memory and ultra-fast access, you would have a significant advantage.
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