Author: Walter Faxon
Date: 19:02:48 01/11/06
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On January 10, 2006 at 15:25:41, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Fernando, > >On January 10, 2006 at 14:41:35, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>You deserve an Oscar. I though I was a freak, but compared with you I am an >>enemy of chess computers and computer chess. >>Fdo > >well, Dann forgot one point: You have to have at least one dedicated unit... >else you are FAR away from being a CC freak. :) > >Besides: > >I have almost all ChessBase engines, I own EVERY Lokasoft-engine except Tiger >2004. I have ChessAssistant 6 & 7, I have Chessmaster >2000,3000,4000,5000,5500,6000,7000,8000 & 9000. Of course I know how to use The >King in other GUIs. I have a lot of very old free- and shareware CDs about >chess. I know quite well about Arena but still use WinBoard the most. I have >SCID, Jose, Tom's Live Chess Viewer and a lot of other nice utilities for >WinBoard and compatible engines. Of course, like Dann, I have almost all >WinBoard compatible engines on my harddrive. Just with the newer once I could >not keep fully up. >Well, I have my own chess program, some might now. I have done some enhancements >to Bruce's fine epd2wb. >I have played in several on the board Computer Chess Tournaments, starting with >IPCCC 2001. (IPCCC 2002,2003,2004,2005a) 1st CSVN Champs, WCCC 2003 Graz, 1st >Lasker tourney in Berlin. I have pariticipated also in several CCTs... > >The following dedicated units I have since now: > >SciSys Chess Partner 2000 >Mephisto Junior >Mephisto Milano >Saitek Centurion >Novag Chess Champion MK1 >Novag Chess Champion Super System III >Mephisto Supermini >Saitek Aria >Saitek Teammate >Mephisto Mondial >Novag Chess Champion Pocket Chess > >nothing really impress among them so far... But it still looks nice when I >arange them on a single table... :) > >Greets, Thomas Some people collect old chess computers; others collect old computers. Once, nostalgic for the days of the DEC PDP-10, I googled and found numerous fans. One fellow had posted photos of his very large garage, chock-a-block full of old PDP-10s! None of them were set up to run. It would cost thousands to keep one going today; it's a lot cheaper to use a PC and an emulator, and it runs faster, too. Still, he must have made some big money in computing. "Boys and their toys"... -W:)ter
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