Author: Mike S.
Date: 15:29:31 12/05/02
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>To require that all programs run on an "old" computer would be to require that >new chess engines not take advantage of the new technologies. It requires only that engines do not *need* new technologies to run at all (i.e. like F7 requiring MMX CPUs). But as long as they run on old computers, they can do that, if they take advantage of new technologies on other computers or not. It would just add some fun for poeple who like to argue like, "The list is wrong, engine XY would rank much higher if latest CPUs would have been used, 2 Gigbytes Rambus hash, etc.etc." :o)) (But of course it's favourable that test hardware isn't too much different from what's the "average" of what the fans use at home.) Regards, M.Scheidl
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