Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 17:21:48 10/14/98
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On October 14, 1998 at 20:00:17, Heiko Mikala wrote: > >On October 13, 1998 at 18:57:53, Heiko Mikala wrote: > >>The Miami seems to have it all... should I simply be happy and buy it?!? ;-) > >I bought it...and I'm happy! :-) > >Just in case anyone is interested: > >It really seems to be the same computer as the old Kasparov Travel Champion >and GK2000. It does have exactly the same features, which includes: > >- Two different playing styles: selective and brute force >- Four opening book choices: active, passive, tournament book and all > book moves (and you can turn the opening book off) >- 64 levels, including tournament time controls, blitz, analysis (infinite) and > solving mate up to mate in 8 moves >- And, which is really great for such a low-priced product, it has a program- > mable LCD display, which can display up to 4 moves of the current principal > variation, the current evaluation score, nodes/second, the current search > depth and information about the time for both sides. > >I'm not 100% sure, if the engine is the same as in KTC and GK2000, but I >guess it is. I only compared two positions on my GK2000 and the Miami until >now, and the results were exactly the same. If it is the same engine, then it's >maybe worth to mention that this engine was written by the Fritz programmer >Frans Morsch (as most of the new Saitek engines). > >Well, I've fallen in love again... ;-) > >...and, ehm, the Miami has beaten me in my first game against it... > >Greetings, > >Heiko. Does the manual say anything about microprocessor and/or MHZ? This might give us the clue we need. Hmmmm.... "has beaten me" and "I've fallen in love" in the same sentence. Almost sounds off-topic :-)))) - Steve
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