Author: Alan Grotier
Date: 11:43:31 08/08/99
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On August 08, 1999 at 13:04:24, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>On August 07, 1999 at 15:03:37, Alan Grotier wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 1999 at 14:21:46, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>On August 07, 1999 at 08:25:26, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 07, 1999 at 06:18:43, John Dijkstra wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I am looking for an old Fidelity Mach IIIc or Mach IV to buy.
>>>>
>>>>Mach III, if I am not missed, was the first program to exceed
>>>>the 2000 rating in SSDF.
>>>>
>>>>Paulo Soares
>>>
>>>
>>>Nope. The first (2100 or so) was Par Excellence in 1986. But yes, it was also an
>>>Spracklen program as Mach series.
>>>fernando
>>
>>Yes, But the Par Excellence was the worst program that Fidelity ever developed!
>>Very limited opening book,(adapted only to defeat Lang programs) features etc.
>>
>>Alan.
>
>Hi Alan:
>I cannot agree with you. Par Excellence could have had a shallow book, but his
>engine was pretty good. I have used it one and again to defeat some famous top
>programs on the 90's. But even if you see Par as awful, at leats was far
>superior to the previous, Ron Nelson crop of the end 70's and beginning 80's.
>Fernando
Fernando,
Yes,far superior to those programs.But I think Fidelity was much more
interested in getting a computor rating when it developed the Par Excellence
than giving customer satisfaction.
Never the less Fidelity lead the pack during the 80's and developed some really
increadable programes for the time.
Salut:Alan
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