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Subject: Re: Position Revisted:Which Dedicated Units Can Solve This Under A Sec. ?

Author: Daniel Jackson

Date: 05:41:41 06/01/04

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On May 30, 2004 at 22:37:58, steven blincoe wrote:

>hi Dan
>i decided to test all of the Fidelity Excel Mach computer's...
>
>Excel 68000(Mach 1)-model 6094...after 10 minutes of thinking it still could not
>find it..it returned a -7.83 score ,searched to a depth of 2 7 and came up with
>the loser..f1-g2
>
>Excel Mach II LA-model 6097...still a no go,however after 10 minutes it did
>manage a deeper search ..depth of 37 7, same klunker f1-g2  same -7.83 score
>
>Excel Mach III-model 6098-as soon as i pressed the move button..as my hand was
>drawing away from the unit..it found Q-F4+..announced the mate in 11..and lit up
>the check  light...all with a clock time showing....0 seconds
>just as you said it would..I guess the extra 4 Mhz(12-16) made a difference
>:))
>
>Excel Mach IV-model 6110..a 68020 32 bit  processor running at 20 Mhz..just as I
>said it would, the computer found the mate a micro second BEFORE i pressed the
>move button..so we get a -1 second solve time..
>j/k ..obviously the same exact result as the Mach III
>
>
>Best..Steve

Thanks Steve! Sorry I missed your reply, until just now.
It's amazing how the earlier Excel 68000 models couldn't even solve it!
Dan Spracklen made some very important changes in the last program he completed
for Fidelity, it's a shame Hegner & Glasser absorbed Fidelity Electronics:(

Daniel



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