Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:46:37 04/27/99
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On April 27, 1999 at 12:15:06, Vasily Gagarin wrote: >Dear Chess Friends, > >Chess Assistant staff is doubtful, if it is worthwhile to provide a possibility >of running two playing engines simultaneously in Chess Assistant 5.0. >ChessBase allows a user to launch two playing engines simultaneously. Still, we >consider this doesn’t make much sense. > >The reasons are the following. >Running of two playing engines simultaneously requires: >a) At least 350 MHz computer with 64 MB RAM; >b) Windows NT >c) 2 Processors. (Strictly speaking, you can start up two playing engines >simultaneously on a single processor. However, it’s not clear if it makes sense. >If you start up two engines at the same time, they cannot use their full hash >tables and therefore are at least twice weaker.) > >The overwhelming majority of users (98% or so) are working on much slower >computers. According to our rough estimation, the most popular situation looks >like this: a single P II processor with 32 MB RAM and Windows 95/98. Therefore, >running two playing engines simultaneously is impossible for 98% of users. > >So I repeat my question, do you want us to provide a possibility of running two >playing engines simultaneously in Chess Assistant 5.0? >OPINIONS, PLEASE! >Any help would be appreciated. >Thanks, > >Vasily Gagarin If there is a choice between having a feature and not having a feature, I would like to have it! :) What I would need to understand is the tradeoff: if this is implemented, what other items would not be implemented? Dave P.S. I have a Dual P-II system. P.P.S. Do you have an early projection for a release date of CA 5.0? (e.g. "winter 1999")?
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