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Subject: Re: Cpu a little slow, isn't it?

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 19:24:53 08/06/98

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On August 06, 1998 at 19:16:02, Havergal Brian wrote:

>Hello.  Tournaments are always interesting, but I noticed you are using a
>Pentium 120.  I don't know if you realize just how "slow" this cpu is when
>compared to the likes of a PPro 200, PII, etc.  The games and their results can
>not really be taken seriously considering the shallow search depths together
>with the clock times.  You might consider giving each more time per move...not
>that it would make much of an impact. :-)


I'm not sure I follow you.  When the programs are on an equal footing, what
difference does speed make?  This tournament is a very interesting one to those
of us involved in programming, especially the amateur folks.

I believe Torsten understands that a P120 is slower than a P200.  Was that your
point?

Will



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