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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Resurrection-Fruit WCCC 05 Shatters the 2500..

Author: Erik Stillum

Date: 07:26:25 12/21/05

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On December 21, 2005 at 10:14:18, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Are we going to proclaim just how better is playing dedicated units OR are we
>going to proclaim the truth, how good is to play weak programs?
>
>Confused Regards
>fernando

Dedicated units are special because the are a thing of the past.  I like the
dedicated units because I can play a game of chess with a hope of a win.  I also
like them because the were the start of the computer era and I had great
interest in them from 1986.1982.  The dedicated units have personality.  I guess
the moder PC programs also have personality, but it is difficult to identify it,
because they beat me so quickly.  It is hard to identify the personality of a 30
ton Bulldozer (or Bullfritzer) coming against you in great speed!

The elders may say what they want, but I also like to play Genius 3 and King
2,55 on my Smartboard connected to an old 386 laptop.  I am then playing a
PC-program but the feeling is very similar to playing an old dedicated unit.

I don't think we should try to be rational about dedicated computers.  It is a
disease, but rather a nice one to have ;-).

Not getting better regards

Erik



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