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Subject: Re: One $30000 Chess Computer versus Ten $3000 PCs

Author: Robert Henry Durrett

Date: 17:11:12 06/28/02

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On June 28, 2002 at 20:08:50, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On June 28, 2002 at 19:53:39, Robert Henry Durrett wrote:
>
>>
>>Which would give you "more chess"?  Same money either way.
>>
>>If the $30000. computer allowed you to load the entire chess engine [or most of
>>it] into a cache, then maybe this would be the winner?
>>
>>If the ten PCs, with top chess engines, were used would this give "more chess"?
>>
>>[May need to consider the need for a window air conditioner and a good set of
>>earplugs.]
>>
>>How the ten PCs were utilized might be the main consideration.  Do they work
>>independently?  If not, then what?
>>
>>Incidentally, if all ten PCs were rack mounted into a single standard 19" rack,
>>someone might claim the loaded rack was a single chess computer.  This might
>>cause a little bit of confusion.  Hence, it may be necessary to define what is
>>meant by a "single $30000 chess computer."
>>
>>Any thoughts on this?  Which is best?  What would YOU prefer?
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>$30,000
>
>;>)

May I take this to mean ONE computer?  If so, the "$30000 question" is:  "Which
one?"

Bob D.

Bob D.



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