Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 16:44:27 07/05/05
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On July 05, 2005 at 18:34:14, Steve B wrote: >On July 05, 2005 at 17:06:46, Robert C. Maddox wrote: >>Here's a link to a 1999 thread discussing the whole, sordid affair. The article >>you mention is reprinted in the thread. >> >>http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=66075 >sadly though, the Excellence did turn out to play at 1800 Elo or about 1950 USCF >if Fidelity wasnt so paranoid about guarding the computer before its release it >would have been better for all involved Are you sure that the later models that played 1950 USCF had the same internals as the early units? As Fidelity had already tried a clandestine processor speed switch, what was there to stop them from later changing the program ROMs without notice? Also, who did the coding for the Excellence? Nelson, the Spracklens, or someone else?
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