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Subject: Re: DB Chip will kill all comercial programs or.....

Author: William H Rogers

Date: 10:16:11 05/13/99

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On May 13, 1999 at 09:10:05, Torstein Hall wrote:

>I think a DB chip will kill all the Fritzes, Rebels, Nimzos, Juniors and Hiarcs
>of this world. What is the point in developing, or buying, something that is a
>lot weaker than the "Micro Monster" :-)
>
>But perhaps it could be made with a programming interface, letting other
>programs use it for search, and add their own evaluation functions etc.?
>
>Torstein

It is always possible that other programs may be able to interface with the DB
Junior hardware, if so watch out, but in any event I think that most of the
leading chess programs will hold their own. Remember this chip set will not run
as fast as the original and thus it's rating will be much lower, more in line
with todays top contenders.
IHO
Bill



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