Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 14:34:44 12/08/00
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On December 08, 2000 at 16:24:47, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On December 08, 2000 at 13:01:33, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>On December 07, 2000 at 22:09:40, K. Burcham wrote: >> >>>in july, 1988, at the world open in philadelphia, pennsylvannia, this fidelity >>>program made chess history and became the first microcomputer to earn a master >>>rating of 2265. fidelity started selling the same program, model 6113. it is >>>called a designer mach lll master. fidelity started selling this same program in >>>a table top sensory board. anyway, i bought one of these back then. i have taken >>>real good care of it. it is like new. fidelity sent out a certificate, >>>certifying that each one had the 2265 rating. i also kept this certificate in >>>perfect shape. i have had it in storage for several years. i thought it would be >>>fun to see how it would play against todays programs with new hardware. in case >>>you are interested, it uses a 68000 microprocessor running at 16 mhz, with 64k >>>rom, and 80k ram. i played it against my 1050 mhz 384 megs ram. shredder4 hash >>>set at 96megs , shredder4 evaluation tables set at 16 megs. shredder4 used >>>default settings. game time for both set at 30 minutes. fidelity set at >>>strongest settings. opening---ruy lopez/marshall counterattack. of couse s4 won. >>>but it took 58 moves. didnt think it would last that many moves. do i understand >>>this right, the fidelity has no hash tables, so does this mean it does not think >>>on the opponents time. so is the ram cleared after every move. it was averaging >>>about 6 ply on this 30 minute time control. it held shredder4 off for about 20 >>>minutes of a 30 minute game. so maybe that wasnt too bad for such an weak old >>>timer. >>> thanks >> >> >>I used to have a Mach III machine which would go as high as 7,000-8,000 nps and >>played a pretty strong game (I'd say about 2000 ELO, and higher at blitz >>levels). It used up to 144kb hash I think and played one of the strongest >>endgames of the time. It came in a plastic casing that was a little awkward to >>use and the first time I pitted it against a PC program (Rex Chess) it managed >>to draw the little match. >> >>*** Djordje > >Hi! > >I still play fom time to time with my Avant-Garde version (full-size in wood) >and still loose more than I win in blitz. The interesting thing is that it had a >learner so you couldn't repeat a win. > >Bertil Hi Bertil, I played against an Avant Garde machine too (a friend used to have it). A great machine, strong too. Fantastic for blitz, large display on the side, joy to play. I think that I enjoyed computer chess even more in those days :) The over-abundance nowadays spoils the fun somewhat... *** Djordje
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