Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 04:08:21 08/16/00
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On August 16, 2000 at 00:35:54, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 15, 2000 at 21:22:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On August 15, 2000 at 20:44:48, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On August 15, 2000 at 19:36:14, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On August 15, 2000 at 19:21:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 15, 2000 at 19:05:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I just got back an email. I travel by train to London. >>>>>>This is not cheap. By boat is even more expensive bye the way. >>>>>>Hotel is expensive. >>>>>> >>>>>>All acceptible. >>>>>> >>>>>>But unacceptible is next email i got back: >>>>>> >>>>>>"Dear Vincent >>>>>> >>>>>>It is possible to hire a monitor but it is very expensive. Hire £130 >>>>>>each plus delivery and collection (which might be a further £60). >>>>>> >>>>>>15" TFT Flat Screen. >>>>>> >>>>>>Let me know if this is what you want. Sorry about the price. >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>>Tony" >>>>>> >>>>>>I can buy a new IIYAMA 17'' in any store for that price. >>>>>> >>>>>>Is it so hard to get a few monitors in a city that big? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Here is what I did in 1998 when I went to Paris to participate to the French >>>>>Championship: I bought a second hand B&W monitor in a shop. >>>>> >>>>>I assume you can find stores specialized in second hand hardware in London (at >>>>>least we have such in every city in France). >>>>> >>>>>Buy the cheapest monitor you can find, then throw it away when the championship >>>>>is over. I'm sure you can find one for less than 40 euros. >>>>> >>>>>It would be sad to see Diep missing because of such a small technical problem. >>>> >>>>I hope you realize that the alexandra palace is in a very touristic city, >>>>probably first mile no computerstore near it, and then you need to carry >>>>it uphill for over a mile. >>> >>> >>>I have no idea what's around. But I thought that in "London" you can go from one >>>place to the other without too much trouble... If you can find a place to rent a >>>monitor, chances are you can find a place to buy an old one. >>> >>>The B&W monitor I bought in french very really light and smaller than a color >>>VGA monitor, it was no problem to carry it. >>> >>> >>> >>>>I already carry a dual 800 machine, from which i first get out 1 cpu, >>>>or run taskmanager all the time (either of both). I ordered short >>>>before the MSO world computer chess a dual 800, there was already >>>>a lot of discussion about allowance of a bit slower dual compared to >>>>the fast 1.15Ghz K7's, as right now money rules. >>>>6 days after i ordered it, i received the >>>>rules for the WMCC. Bummer, but not the biggest deal, i'm sure that >>>>hardware nowadays is not the most important factor anymore, but missing >>>>a quite crucial part is. >>> >>> >>>You should consider participating with you Nino handheld computer... >>> >>>We should organize the "World Handheld Computer Chess Championship" (WHCCC). You >>>would come with your Nino, I would come with my Palm. >>> >>>However I wonder which handheld could be used for Crafty... There are not many >>>64 bits handhelds with 10Gb hard disks around... :) >>> >> >>Oh don't worry about crafty on a handheld. Someone would port it. >>It wouldn't even do bad. Crafty plays blitz levels for many years now. > > >I'm eagerly waiting for this. :) > > > Christophe Epescially if its made by Alpha, and has all the 6 man tbs on it... :)))
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