Author: Steve B
Date: 17:58:10 07/06/05
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>That is a nice machine Steve. Would it be expensive if it were on E-Bay? the Diablo is somewhat rare and i dont remember seeing one on Ebay but perhaps there might have been one or two over the years with Ebay these days it is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty what a chess computer will sell for it could sell for $10 or $1000 but i think about 1000 Euro is right the Novag Super Expert C6 a similiar computer in cosmetics but weaker in strength(1950 Elo) sold privately just recently for 800 Euro Ehlvest >would still have superior chances against the fastest PDAs or Pocket PCs I >think. I would recommend a match against a calculator now, when that still is >possible, most programmable calculators are still sold with 4 MHz processors but >that will soon change. this is so sad i think can you imagine devoting your life to chess and knowing that you can perhaps beat a PDA..maybe? i know some feel that this is no shame and in the future humans must play humans and machines must play machines and everything is perfect then in the world but i do not agree chess was always admired as a thinking game,creative,artistic and all those elements that seperates it from other games to now come to the sad realization that those who play this beautiful game at its best can now be defeated by a calculator is sad it takes away from the game and what it was thought to be..IMO Dejected Regards Steve
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