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Subject: the good ol days

Author: steven blincoe

Date: 18:26:08 06/21/04


with all of the legal wranglings going on as of late..i found myself longing for
the good ol days when chess computers were chess computers

no PC progs running at opteron speeds,the SSDF was not yet the force it is
today,there were but a few companies busy making dedicated chess computers,all
working in concert hand in hand ..happy go-lucky one for all and all for one

...then i woke up

i remembered the fierce competition between Fidelity and Mephisto during the
World Micro computer chess championships of the 1980's.
each company entering their latest prog on an over clocked processor that would
never be commerically available.the accusations of foul play from all of the
competitors...and then i thought..

ah yes     those were indeed..the good ol days
:)
Steve



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