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Subject: Re: Pocket Fritz/ Palm Tiger - what's so special?

Author: Ian Osgood

Date: 16:00:45 08/31/01

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On August 30, 2001 at 17:30:52, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On August 30, 2001 at 17:00:16, Ian Osgood wrote:
>
>>In my testing, ChessGenius for the Palm is somewhat weaker than the Novag
>>Sapphire II.  This is more noticable as the time control increases (Genius is
>>actually stronger at 1 or 2-seconds per move).  The Sapphire II has hash tables
>>and Palm Genius does not.
>>
>
>
>What speed was the Palm running at?  Was it anywhere near the 54MHz that
>Christope Theron says many units can run at?  Was it at least the 33 MHz that
>newer units begin at?  Or was it the 16 or 20 MHz that older ones run at from
>the factory?  I'd think that a slim victory for Sapphire II against a 16 MHz
>Palm would turn into a slime victory for Palm Genius on a 40+ MHz Palm.

I believe it was overclocked to 28Mhz (Palm IIIe).  Without hash tables a,
factor of two increase in speed may gain very little. Certainly only a fraction
of a ply in extra depth.



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