Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 00:40:19 05/24/03
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On May 23, 2003 at 04:58:44, Trevor Dean wrote:
>Well I concede that I might be mistaken, but when I checked out Novags Web Site,
>and read the FAQ section they clearly stated that the new Star Range now have
>512Kb programs (the previous models had only 160Kb) and the Ram had been
>increased from 129Kb to 256KB. So what is in this extra 352Kb of programming?
>Prehaps I'm wrong, but to the layperson reading this, it is not unreasonable to
>assume that Novag have given the Star range a stronger program, that seems to be
>confirmed out in its proposed higher ELO rating ( that has yet to be confirmed
>independently!)
>Yes prehaps I shouldn't make the assumption that the 512KB program relates to
>more program knowledge, but it wouldnt suprise me if this was the case.
You should really NEVER take the total size of the program into account to
assess its playing strength.
Looks like you have been misled by marketing blah blah.
For example, as you own the Chess Tiger engine both for PalmOS and for PC, the
core of the Chess Tiger engine, the part that contains all the knowledge, is
160Kb. No more.
And you know what strength Chess Tiger gets from these 160Kb.
I can tell you that my program does not need to be 512Kb in size. If making it
bigger would make it stronger, Chess Tiger would be bigger since a long time!
The doubling of the RAM size does not tell much either.
>Now taking this opportunity to ask an off topic related question, I have Chess
>Tiger for Palm (Sony Clie), (as well as Tiger 14 on my PC) both excellent
>programs i might add. But a few months ago I asked if the Palm Hi-Res upgrade
>was planned, and was assured that it would be, but to date i've heard nothing.
>Your program is stronger, but for a small screen the improved graphics of the
>Chess Genius program are easier on the eye when playing loner games, in fact
>they are superb!
>Do you have a release schedule for the upcoming Hi-Res upgrade for Tiger for
>Palm?
>
>Trevs,
I'm working on the hi-res upgrade, but I cannot give you a release date. This
depends of several other factors that are not known yet.
Christophe
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