Author: Keith Evans
Date: 21:03:37 01/28/05
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On January 28, 2005 at 21:07:20, Steve B wrote: >>Dedicated computers are collectors items and not expensive. What he's making >>will be very expensive though. > >many dedicated computers sell for $1000-$2000 >even more > >Robots,Tasc computers,large,wooden tournament sized auto sensory computers with >Rare modules(ie Mephisoto Almeria 32 bit) > >you should come here more often and you will see the auctions i an other >collectors point out > > >to have the strongest dedicated computer(2450 Elo or more) means a great deal to >a collector > >the Price Ruud askes is not cheap but it is reasonable > >$1000 is not alot of money to have the worlds strongest dedicated unit > >Steve What if someone took the guts out of a palm (or maybe bought something like a gumstix board with 400 MHz xscale processor) and jammed it into an excalibur grandmaster? (You might not want to risk one of your beautiful old wooden units on such a beast.) You could have quite a powerful dedicated unit, but would you be willing to pay $1000 for such a hack? (Maybe someone could convince Mark Uniacke to make some minor changes to Hiarcs to run on such a platform for the right upfront $$$ incentive - hey it's a dedicated fantasy so why not?)
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