Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 17:13:22 04/18/05
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On April 17, 2005 at 11:24:08, Mike Byrne wrote: >On April 17, 2005 at 04:50:04, Chuck wrote: > >>On April 16, 2005 at 12:00:48, Steve Maughan wrote: >> >>>There is some info on Ruud Martin's new module for Mephisto computers on my >>>website: >>> >>>www.computerchessnews.com >>> >>>Steve >> >>Hey Steve, >> >>Thanks for posting this info...it looks like a great development! >> >>Hopefully something like this will catch on enough to make Novag and Saitek >>produce a really new dedicated board with a new cpu instead of rehashing all of >>the stuff they've been putting out for 15 years. >> >>'Twould be nice to have a dedicated computer at 2400+. >> >>Cheers, >> >>Chuck > > >With all the new low cost, low power, low voltage, low heat, high MIPS xscale >processors, Movag and Saitek could be putting out a much product right now. > >The also need to upgrade their programs with the current crop of high end >programs. The two best candidate programs for utilizing one of these x-scale >processors in a wood unit would be Genius or Hiarcs since Richard and Mark have >already optimized their chess code for the xscale processor. > >Still Hopeful Regards, > >Michael Michael, When I got an email from Ruud detailing his new units, it seemed to me that all of the costs would add up to several thousand dollars, plus the effort of some customization and/or additional purchases (even though I already have a Mephisto Exclusive board). For this amount of money, you can buy a laptop and some new chess software, which would easily defeat the Resurrection. Also, I can't help but think that my Palm Tungsten 5 with Hiarcs 9 could already easily defeat it, with the added advantage of the Palm being very portable and much cheaper ($400). I have the Mephisto Exclusive board, but rarely use it in favor of either my PC (for high power and the latest software, like Shredder 9), or my Palms (M130 and T5) with Hiarcs, Genius, Tiger. So what's the big deal with this offer? Initially, it intrigued me as a new way to utilize my Exclusive board, but now it seems like a new way to drop some money, but get little new in return. I'm not trying to disparage Ruud or his offering, it is a very interesting and novel idea, but a lot of money for a unit that our present toys can probably already beat. Mark
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