Author: John Alfred
Date: 01:46:04 08/16/01
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On August 15, 2001 at 15:22:31, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 15, 2001 at 04:52:01, John Alfred wrote: > >>On August 14, 2001 at 13:01:13, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>On August 14, 2001 at 07:40:47, John Alfred wrote: >>> >>>>Do you know of any attempts by anyone at a chess coprocessor daughterboard? >>>>(apart from anything to do with Deep Blue) >>>> >>> >>>There was a device called "The Chess Machine" that was sold as an ISA card for >>>the PC. You ran a special app and this card "took over", essentially replacing >>>your main CPU for the duration of your chess play/study. It had a nice >>>mouse-based GUI and loads of features, and played quite well for its time (back >>>in the DOS days). Its claim to fame was that it could turn a slow PC (e.g., >>>PC-XT) into a strong chess program, and it lived up to that. As PC CPUs got >>>faster, the Chess Machine lost its market and got quite cheap. >>> >>>I'm sure that's not exactly what you asked, but I wonder if somebody could pull >>>the same (or similar -- true coprocessor?) trick off today, in a world with 1.5+ >>>GHz main CPUs. >> >>Hi Roy, >> >>Thats interesting to hear! Any idea what processor it used and what the Elo >>rating was? >> > >I honestly don't recall the CPU. I do recall that it was amazingly strong for >its time. And the GUI was unequaled. They touted it as about USCF 2450, I >think, but all ratings of that time period have since been reduced. They >actually had two models -- a later, more expensive one was double the speed, and >thus higher rated, but caused heat problems. I had the "normal" one (which I >actually still own if you know anybody who's interested in buying it!). Hi Roy, Why not put a price on it now? Who knows where it may lead to! John
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