Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:47:38 07/04/03
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On July 04, 2003 at 10:57:48, ERIQ wrote: >On July 04, 2003 at 08:44:42, ludicrous wrote: > >>If a super strong program like Ruffian was taken back in the early 80's in the >>form of a 3.0 Ghz PC, with a chessbase interface, about how much would a chess >>fanatic back then be willing to pay (including the PC) for it? >> >>Just a thought. > >nothing! It's a free engine. :) 3.0 Ghz PC is not freeware and the question was not about the price of the software but about the price of software+hardware in the early 80's. I think that the software of Ruffian is the unimportant part. The important part that people are going to pay a lot for it is the 3.0 Ghz PC. The price of 3.0 Ghz PC in the early 80's is probably almost the same as the peice of 3.0 GHz PC+Ruffian and I do not expect a difference of more than 1% in the price. Uri
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