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Subject: Re: Novag e-mail about programming of his "new" units

Author: Chuck

Date: 06:04:41 08/26/05

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On August 25, 2005 at 12:09:55, Steve B wrote:

>>After an e-mail asking about the programs of new units, what I thought -I said
>>it to them straight- were just the same as those used in old machines as Diablo,
>>Expert, Constellation, etc, I received the following e-mail I present to you -no
>>confidentiality arrangements were made- for your judgement.
>>I think remarkabl,e as a show of ambiguity, the first lines of the answer. Also
>>is worthy of note the preposterous example with the Mercedes car. Get your own
>>conclusions.
>>
>
>
>Fern
>
>great post
>thank you
>
>but the reply is ok i think
>Kittingers Wchess program as seen in the Star Ruby and Star Sapphire are not the
>same exact 100% programs as in the Diablo,Super Experts  etc..etc
>i cannot say exactly how much program improvement there has been but i can say
>the programs are not identical from testing by other collectors and discussions
>with them
>
>the analogy with the Merc is because she does not realize she is dealing with
>such a sophisticated ,knowledgeable aficionado as you
>:))
>
>i imagine her reply was intended for the normal computer buyer
>
>
>a better anology i think would be Nelsons work for Excalibur
>
>the programs seen in the Alexandra and model 404d (for example) are not 100% the
>same as in the GM ..But there are not tremondous differences either
>
>and the years between the release of the GM and newer models is almost 8 years
>now
>
>Best
>Steve

Don't you think a good test, and perhaps the most revealing one available, would
be to test them on a number of positions with the programs set to a fixed depth
level? Then recording the best move and evaluation might show something about
how similar they are.

Chuck



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