Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 17:02:26 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 09:58:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >1. DB didn't lose to fritz. A processor two versions prior to the final DB >lost one game to Fritz, in Hong Kong. Not Deep Blue v1, not Deep Blue v2, >but deep thought hardware running the eventual deep blue software on the >SP machine. This was called "DB prototype". You know that. I know that. >Most *everyone* knows that. Yet Shay writes "Deep Blue lost to ..." That is >*wrong*. More on the "dishonest" word in a moment... It was originally called "Deep Blue Prototype". But they changed the name at the last minute, so they referred to themselves during this tournament as "Deep Thought II". bruce
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