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Subject: Re: And What About Hiarcs hardware ???? Anybody know ??

Author: Randy Schmidt

Date: 07:42:52 06/15/99

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If I were to purchase a multi-proc computer, what
is the available software that I could run?  Would
it be that much better than a P3-500?

Maybe this could be an interesting thread?



On June 15, 1999 at 10:06:46, James T. Walker wrote:

>On June 14, 1999 at 17:24:10, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On June 14, 1999 at 12:21:45, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On June 14, 1999 at 09:48:40, Randy Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>>I always thought that Fritz5.32 and the like
>>>>did not access multi-procs?  Only Crafty did?!
>>>
>>>If you go to the chessbase site you will see that Fritz has been Multi processor
>>>for more than a year.  No need to go commercial with it until Multi-processors
>>>are common household items.
>>>Jim Walker
>>
>>
>>They already are.. just check out ICC and all the SMP crafty clones there.  I
>>have two students in my networking class, both have dual PII machines in their
>>dorm rooms.
>>
>>You can put together a good dual celeron 450+ machine for about what you would
>>pay for a single PII/450 machine...  and get a wild performance boost...
>
>Hello Bob,
>I guess we just have a different definition of "common household item". :-)
>Jim Walker



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