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Subject: Re: Regarding Cray Blitz

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 22:05:29 09/01/99

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On September 01, 1999 at 06:48:43, José Carlos wrote:

>On August 30, 1999 at 22:45:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 30, 1999 at 21:17:08, Ray MacFadyen wrote:
>>
>>>I am curious as to the current situation with cray blitz.
>>>1.Is it still operational?
>>
>>yes...
>>
>>>2.Could it be made operational reasonably easily?
>>
>>already is...
>>
>>>3.Would it ever be possible to set it up to play on ICC ?
>>
>>with some work, as it was written way before there was an xwindows, or an
>>xboard/winboard protocol... but that could be added.  But the _real_ issue
>>is who would supply a Cray to use to play on ICC, when they sell for 30-60
>>million dollars?
>>
>>That is what led to crafty and PCs...  the inability to get significant time
>>on a cray to run reasonable tests..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Sorry if these questions have already been answered and I have missed them.
>>>Yours sincerely
>>>Ray MacFadyen
>
>  How strong is Cray Blitz at this moment? Have you continued to improve it?
>
>  José C.


Running on a 60M supercomputer, it is far stronger than Crafty (It can search
roughly 5-10M nodes per second on a T932).  No, it has received no work since
I started Crafty in 1995, although some things would likely be ported over if
I ever got the urge (R=2 null move, etc...)



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