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Subject: Re: Hardware Advantage

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:27:14 11/25/03

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On November 25, 2003 at 08:01:48, Earl Fuller wrote:

>It would appear that Brutus has a slight hardware advantage. So, in order to
>determine which program is really the strongest there would have to be a match
>with compatible hardware. Don't you think ?  We all know that Shredder, Fritz,
>just to name two programs have always been at the top. With Shredders ssdf
>rating of 2812 (and Firitz) it's hard to believe that they would be crushed in a
>match set of games against any human or program. Losing one or a couple of games
>doesn't mean much. In a match of say, 20 games,  that may show which program is
>really the strongest, if they have compatible hardware!  Remember, when your
>that strong, their would be alot of draws, so the match would have to be a long
>one!
>Earl


How can you do an equal hardware match when a part of Brutus is special-purpose
hardware that would be useless for any other program without a _ton_ of
modifications???




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