Author: Alan Grotier
Date: 13:11:44 08/08/99
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On August 08, 1999 at 15:02:30, walter irvin wrote:
>On August 08, 1999 at 14:43:31, Alan Grotier wrote:
>
>>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
>i think its too bad that the spracklens are not making chess software still,i
>think a program like the mach IV on a 400 or 500 mhz machine would be real tuff
>maybe even on par with the better programs today .
Walter,
You may be right!-------Alan
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