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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..The BT Test Suites And Rating The Old Computers...

Author: Steve B

Date: 15:12:46 01/12/05

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>   Steve,Happy New Year!

same to you my friend!


>                        I used to buy "Europe Échecs".My first edition
>   is dated May 1987.There is a section called "Chess Computers by
>   Pierre Nolot"
>
>  In this particular édition Nolot compares the -at that time new Dallas
>  to the Amsterdam.And the heading is - The Dallas does not eclipse
>  the Amsterdam.And as always he gives a list of the different tests that
>  were made at that time.

funny you should mention this
i owned the Amsterdam back in 86 and i upgraded to the Dallas
not a brand new module set, but an eprom replacement
it cost me $300 for the upgrade (ICD replaced the Amsterdam Eprom with the new
Dallas Eprom)

i remember thinking at the time that the upgrade was not worth the $300 because
i noticed virtually no difference

later SSDF testing  showed a 40-45 point increase in Elo

not worth the $300 for the chess player in me
for the collector in me  though..well new module..gotta have it
:)

Best As Always
Steve





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