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Subject: Re: need advice in buying a new computer for WCCC

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 08:47:33 05/18/04

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On May 18, 2004 at 11:19:06, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On May 18, 2004 at 10:57:11, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>On May 17, 2004 at 17:53:44, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>
>>>>>His best choice is probably an Athlon 64 3400+ Desktop at the moment.
>>>>>Inexpensive and fast.
>>>>
>>>>Yes if transport is no issue.
>>>>
>>> A SFF box is handy enough for travel purposes. It will add some to the
>price, >>but not as much as a Laptop.
>>
>>Yes, but as carry-on baggage in a plane i prefer a laptop ;-)
>>I really have difficulties to found SFF for AMD64.
>>Most of those backbones cubes are P3/P4 systems.
>
>
>If it were an internet event, then you could use stronger hardware?

Not with my current program. Since it is not able to play automaticly over the
net. It unfortunately has an proprietary interface (MDI) with some relicts from
my old Dos program...

I will consider winboard in my "next" 64-bit program, but i don't like
"stateless" engines, where a chess gui may decide games.

And believe me, computer chess over the board where both programmers are looking
to each others score and PV has much more thrill.

Gerd

>
>If so, then the ICGA event is stifling competition by forcing it to be a
>physical event.
>
>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Gerd
>>
>>
>>>
>>>MvH Dan Andersson



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