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Subject: Re: Hiarcs hardware in WCCC

Author: James Robertson

Date: 18:59:38 06/18/99

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On June 18, 1999 at 21:53:00, eric guttenberg wrote:

>If it is true that hiarcs7.32 is playing in WCCC 99 with slower hardware
>than some of the other programs, does anyone know why that choice was made?
>
>Or is it possible that the faster computer used by, say, Fritz would not
>have made much difference for Hiarcs?
>
>eric

I don't know if this is the entire reason, but Hiarcs is eligible to be the
WMCCC champion, while Fritz, Junior, and Ferret are not. It is possible the
Hiarcs team decided their odds were better to shoot for the WMCCC title where
the only major competition is Shredder and Rebel.

James



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