Author: Lin Harper
Date: 01:35:58 01/04/02
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On January 03, 2002 at 12:12:25, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On January 03, 2002 at 08:29:27, Lin Harper wrote:
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>> The five year old Genius5 found b4 more or less instantly. Even
>> the older (free) Genius2 found it in a fraction of a second.
>
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>Any idea what it is about an old program like Genius 2 that makes it so fast on
>this problem?
>
>(I paid about $150 for Genius 2, way back when, so I'm surprised to hear it's
>now free!)
Not sure, Roy. But Genius5 for windows is my old favourite. The
newer programs are better, but not by that much. When you got your
Genius2 you probably ran it on an early Pentium60. Maybe even a 486.
That same program runs better now. It's author, Richard Lang, probably
saw the writing on the wall with chess program profits, that's why
he moved on. But he was good.
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