Author: James T. Walker
Date: 20:57:45 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 12:10:22, Karsten Bauermeister wrote: >On July 02, 1999 at 11:08:23, blass uri wrote: > >> >>On July 02, 1999 at 08:14:15, John Wentworth wrote: >> >>>In a recent tournament against GM's (I believe it was at Frankfurt), Fritz was >>>said to be using a multi processor machine. Doesn't a program have to be >>>specifically written to take advantage of multi-processors? >> >>yes. >> >> If Fritz is doing >>>this wouldn't it be a first for commercial programs? Just curious. >> >>The version that is using a multi processor is not commercial. >> >>Uri > >This version of Fritz will be commercial in Fritz 6 at the end of this year or >beginning of 2000. >Btw: The first commericial multiprozessor-chess"program" was the Fidelity Elite >Version 5 (1992!) with two used Motorola 68000-prozessors. > >Karsten You are correct! I owned one for a while. I had problems with it and sent it back to Fidelity. They decided it was easier to give me the 68020 machine than to fix the 2x68000 machine so I have the 68020 now and it still plays much better than I do. Jim Walker
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