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Subject: Re: Fritz able to use multi-processors, a first for commercial software ??

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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