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Subject: Re: Handspring Prism benchmark

Author: Pierre Bourget

Date: 07:08:15 12/22/00

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On December 22, 2000 at 09:24:43, Roy Eassa wrote:

>I finally opened & tried the Handspring Prism (33MHz color Palm clone) I got for
>my birthday last week.  With Chess Genius 1.2, I did a quick benchmark that
>somebody had requested, comparing it to the Palm III:
>
>How long does it take for Genius, as Black, to reach ply 7 in its search after
>1. e4 e5 2. a4
>
>My times, give or take a second or so, are:
>
>Palm III: 52 seconds
>Prism:    21 seconds
>
>Which makes the new unit well over twice as fast.  Plus the screen is vastly
>easier to see, which was the main motivation for wanting it.
>
>What kind of boost in rating for Genius 1.2 would I expect?  ~80 points?

Thanks for the information.If you play some games don't forget to record them
and post them here please.A lot of people are interested to see how it plays on
this handheld.

Pierre



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