Author: José Carlos
Date: 02:00:16 09/02/99
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On September 02, 1999 at 01:05:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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...) I'd love to see it fighting again... it would be nice! :) José C.
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