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Subject: Re: Regarding Cray Blitz

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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