Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:57:41 08/28/02
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On August 28, 2002 at 10:41:38, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 27, 2002 at 23:26:28, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>Discussion on page 14 reagrding a suitable test for testing programs that does >>not involve checks nor is it too slow on standard models and line that would not >>be in any opening book. An old Alekhine's trap: >> >>1. e4 Nf6 >>2. e5 Nd5 >>3. d4 Nc6? >>4. c4 Nb6? >> >>[D]r1bqkb1r/pppppppp/1nn5/4P3/2PP4/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - bm d5!;1990 CCR >>Vol 1 # 3 >> >>On just about any hardware today with any program , the computer should >>instantly find d5. >> >>Best to Worse Times (not all listed): >> >>1989/1990 Hardware: >> >>Mach IV 0:50 (estimate) >>Designer Mach III 1:47 (estimate) >>Mach III 1:58 >>Mach II LA 2:52 >>Designer 2100 6:24 >>Designer 2000 10:40 >>Excel Display 15:55 >> >>2002 PDA's: >> >>Palm Vx: >>Chess Tiger 14.9a 0:53 >>Chess Genius 1.5 1:33 >> >>Ipaq 3100: >>Pocket Fritz 0:46 >>Genius 1.3 beta 0:04 > > >On my Palm (overclocked to 42 MHz), it took Chess Tiger v14.9a 49 seconds, which >confirms your results. It took Chess Genius v1.5 1:39, curiously longer than >your result. > >On my 206 MHz Pocket PC, it took Pocket Fritz only about 3 seconds to get it. >Genius 1.3 beta solved it in 4 seconds like yours did. So my Pocket Fritz was >over 10 times faster, but my Genius was no faster. (The 3100 iPaq uses a slower >CPU, right?) no the 3100 also uses 206 mhz ARM - for both Fritz and Genius did you use analysis mode or did you set position and press go. When I programs, I generally don't use analysis mode I have noticed that occasionally program give different results with analysis and play modes. I will double check Pocket Fritz - was there ever an update - I got a very early verson directly from Germany - but that's a big difference. I use a Palm Vx OS 3.52 that is overclocked to 28 Mhz with - I would have thought you do better.
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