Author: pavel
Date: 06:26:57 08/08/00
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On August 08, 2000 at 09:06:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 08, 2000 at 00:44:15, James Robertson wrote: > >>On August 07, 2000 at 23:50:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 07, 2000 at 23:29:23, Peter Skinner wrote: >>> >>>>>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. >>>> >>>>I believe that the rules state it must be a processor that can be readily >>>>available to the public.. >>>> >>>>How available are these alphas? >>> >>>Simply call Compaq and tell them you want to buy an XP1000 workstation. They >>>will happily ship you one _right now_. About the same size as a PC in a mid- >>>size tower case. >> >>How much do they cost? Are they 64-bit machines? >> >>James >> > > > >All alphas are 64 bit processors. A guess would put them in the $10,000 >(US) price range. > >They are the hottest things around, at present. its great , you finally got someone to run crafty on the tourny. and its on one hell of a machine. though I am more interested in which version of crafty you are planning to run, also what kinda opening book (the one available to public?), and what TBs? how much nps are you especting on this "beast" ? thanks and good luck pavel > > > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>I will email the person in charge to clarify this, because the way I understand >>>>it, the computers used must be of the commercial variaty, being an Intel, or AMD >>>>machine.. >>> >>>Nope.. David was originally going to make it "uniform platform" but that >>>fell through. The rules have _always_ been a single-cpu commercially available >>>microprocessor. A couple of years ago some of the participants had Kryo-ed >>>alphas. Crafty ran on a 21164 in Paris. >>> >>> >>>> >>>>I of course could be very wrong.
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