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Subject: Re: Question to John Merlino re CM9000

Author: James

Date: 05:04:25 02/11/02

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On February 09, 2002 at 20:12:52, John Merlino wrote:

>On February 09, 2002 at 15:32:58, Edwin Wigmore wrote:
>
>>I wrote to you a little while ago on my frustration re not being able to find a
>>copy of CM8000 in New Zealand.
>>I was very pleased to finally locate one in a shop which I purchased
>>immediately.
>>
>>The engine does seem to be noticably stronger than on 7000 and I'm enjoying the
>>additional personalities.
>>
>>What changes are coming up in 9000?  Will it be worth my while to upgrade to
>>this version?  Any further ideas on the engine strength?  It seems that with
>>minor tweaking the 8000 engine is very formidable indeed based on Kurts tourney.
>>
>>Regards

7000, due to a well known hash bug, was the weakest of the CMs, but am still
looking for one as strong or stronger than CM5500 :)
>>
>>Edwin
>
>There will be a new version of the engine, but how much stronger it is than the
>previous engine is still not yet known.
>
>I'll post a full list of the new features for CM9000 when the program reaches
>the Beta Testing stage (which should be in about three months). I wouldn't want
>to have to take back something I said which somebody was looking forward to....
>
>jm



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