Author: Scott Carmichael
Date: 09:49:03 04/21/98
Just thought that I would take a moment to let everyone know that the Pentuim II 400Mhz is now on sale to the public here in the US. And it won't be long (3rd quarter) before the planned release of the new 650Mhz platform. Can anyone even begin to predict how this new speed will affect todays, or tommorrows playing programs ? When I went from P166 to PII 200, the only problem I encountered (and still have not resolved) occurred with Rebel 8, which at first printed the tool bar in Martian (Gree k to me). This was fixed after a call to the support section at ICD, but the program to this date claims to be running on a 255 Mhz processor, and I can't seem to fix that error. I don't think that it has hurt the programs performance, but I have often wondered. ( Any suggestions, Ed ?) I am wondering if the number of tactical engines will increase with this new technology, or if this will actually further benefit knowledge based software mixed with tactical ability , which seems to be the pinnacle of human play. Perhaps the Chessmaster series of programs "personality" options will play much more like their namesakes.
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