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Subject: Re: Hiarcs hardware in WCCC

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 23:32:40 06/18/99

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On June 18, 1999 at 21:59:38, James Robertson wrote:

>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

Nimzo had reasonable chances too (though what Junior did to it wasn't pretty.
:-)

Dave




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