Author: KarinsDad
Date: 15:41:57 05/05/99
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On May 05, 1999 at 17:52:24, Albert Silver wrote: > >Maybe. According to what I read, an estimated 30 million positions a second >would be attained. It would take quite a bit of multiplying before PCs caught up >with that. > > Albert Silver Yes, approximately 12 to 15 years. That's a long time. I haven't yet read up on this. However, imagine if instead of a card, they released a black box similar to a removable hard drive that had it's own main cpu and memory and could be connected via the parallel port or a pcmcia card. If connected via a pcmcia card, it would not even need it's own power supply. You could download various chess software (it would have to be modified to talk to the actual card in the black box) to the black box and it could reply back with just moves and other simple information (similar to a SmartBoard or DGT board). It could have a small application on the actual computer that allowed it to connect to the internet or another chess program running there. Scary thought, isn't it? The operators of computer accounts on the servers would love it. The first set of chess software to run on it would have a leg up on their competition, at least in the Deep Blue Jr market. KarinsDad :)
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