Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:15:10 09/06/02
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On September 06, 2002 at 17:09:02, William H Rogers wrote: >On September 06, 2002 at 16:23:53, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 06, 2002 at 16:13:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 06, 2002 at 16:04:58, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote: >>> >>>>From the Threads here I am assuming that professor Hyatt beleives that 100X >>>>factor in speed (NPS) would be too much to overcome with software improvement >>>>factor.I am proposing the following possible match:Time control 40/2 6 >>>>games : GNU chess 5.04 on a pentium 4 at 2.4 Gigahertz vs Chessmaster2 original >>>>playstation (33 Mhz).This is actually a 73 factor in terms of processor speed >>>>which is not 100 but close.On the original playstation Chessmaster2 gets about >>>>1100 Nps. >>> >>> >>>Why gnuchess? I don't know much about it, and it might be perfectly ok. >>> >>>But you are also misinterpreting what I said. I did say that a factor of >>>100x, between programs that are "close" is overwhelming. Obviously a bad >>>program at 100X will be better, but it might not be much better. >>> >>>In any case, give your test a go and see what happens first... >> >>If you want a program that is as close as possible to Chessmaster2 for the PSX, >>go with either Chessmaster 4000 or 5000. >> >>jm > > >I still have an 286-12mhz computer and a 1.1 ghz computer plus Chessmaster 2000, >2001, 3000, 4000, and 6000. >I know that the bottom two will run on either, I am not sure about 3000. >Can I help? >Bill CM3000 SHOULD work fine on those also. It required a "Multimedia PC" (remember those?), but I think there will be no problem on the 286 (other than very sluggish performance). If it's a problem, then CM2001 will also be a reasonable test. jm
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