Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 10:45:18 08/12/98
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Basically the only reasonable way to do this is turn of "permanent brain" in both programs. This is not a perfect solution, but it's better than other things you can do, like trying to balance CPU time... -Tom On August 12, 1998 at 11:13:06, fca wrote: >This has arisen from a post by Mr Langrath elsewhere. > >If multitasking two chess programs on one PC, and playing a game between >them, how does one "fairly" allocate resources between them? > >I accept there is no question of properly deducing playing strength in such a >scenario. That is NOT the objective, therefore. > >0. What does "fairly" mean? > >1. RAM? > >2. CPU %? > >3. Idle / background priority? > >4, Thinking Time set on program? > >and especially > >5. Should permanent brain be switched off on one or both programs? > >Ideas on how to arrive at the answers, please, or better still - the answers >themselves. :-) > >Kind regards > >fca > >PS: This is I believe one of the more interesting questions for newbies and >others. So please confine trolling answers to the other place.
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