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Subject: Re: It's not native yet

Author: andrew tanner

Date: 18:36:27 05/02/03

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On May 02, 2003 at 12:51:59, Ray Rogers wrote:

>On May 02, 2003 at 08:47:53, J. C. Boco wrote:
>
>>On May 02, 2003 at 06:32:43, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1051739,00.asp
>>
>>As someone else pointed out already, ChessTiger isn't native for the processor
>>yet.  But your point is well taken.  It also drives yet another nail into the
>>dedicated-chess-computer market, which is really too bad.  I've always had a
>>soft spot for the dedicateds.
>
>I don’t go with this “……nail in the coffin of dedicated chess computer” stuff.
>Clearly there is still a market with people like myself just waiting for the
>right product. Playing strength isn’t everything. I’ve two new fast PC’s plus
>Fritz 8 etc. but I won’t be selling my R30 even for the £500 I‘ve been offered.

 This reminds me of the late commodore Amiga. People still use them as well as
certain businesses but there is no money in it for the current owners (gateway)
who mothballed it.

I own a Sphinx Concerto from 1993 which plays at elo1780. What would interest me
is if an amateur emulation programmer of the 6502 chip would take a rom image of
this unit and emulate it on a PC. That would be cool, then I could see how well
the code matches up on fast hardware to the current competition.



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