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Subject: Re: Just a reflection

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 08:23:42 05/25/98

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On May 25, 1998 at 01:16:15, David Blackman wrote:

>A lot of the handheld computers now use RISC chips at around 75MHz.
>Maybe
>MIPS clones and Hitachis. This includes the Windows CE computers.
>Most of the better dedicated chess computers, including pocket ones, now
>also
>run RISC chips, but at 40MHz or less as far as i know. Maybe that's a
>factor
>of 10 to 20 below a fast Alpha. Of course they also have a lot less RAM
>than
>a fast Alpha, and a relatively small ROM for opening book instead of a
>huge
>disc, and no endgame table-bases.

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the clarification.   I think this would put my estimate about
a year or two closer then.

Thanks,

- Don



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