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Subject: Correction: One $80000 Chess Computer versus Fourty $2000 PCs

Author: Robert Henry Durrett

Date: 07:34:34 06/29/02

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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.

At rgcc, Hyatt says $70000 to $80000 is required.  Maybe need to compare One
$80000 Chess Computer versus Fourty $2000 PCs

Bob D.



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