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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7.32 vs Bebe or Belle or Hitech???

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:26:52 09/17/99

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On September 17, 1999 at 02:56:38, Terry Ripple wrote:

>On September 16, 1999 at 12:05:28, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>
>>On September 15, 1999 at 17:57:08, Joshua Lee wrote:
>>
>>>i think it's time to start playing the best PC software vs the Mainframes and
>>>Dedicated Comp programs. What do you think would happen??
>>
>>
>>The Dedicated units would get trounced but manage to win no more than 30 percent
>>of the time.  Deeper Blue would beat all the PC software more than 90 percent of
>>the time.
>>
>>I always wanted to own Ken Thompsens' Belle machine and now I own a computer
>>that with Hiarcs 7.32 is far superior.   The mainframes are largely
>>decommissioned after limited use and neither I nor you have the millions of
>>dollars to get them up and running (maybe you do).
>>
>>It is like the progress in our society.  People have more things and can do more
>>travelling but they are becoming less and less powerful with respect to each
>>other.
>>
>>Tim Frohlick
>------------
>
>I doubt "very" much that Deeper Blue could beat the top programs 90% of the
>time, like Hiarcs7.32 and Fritz5.32!!! That win percentage would mean that its
>about 400 ELO points stronger than the top programs and there is no way that it
>is going to beat Hiarcs7.32 or Fritz5.32> 45 out of 50 games!!! Guaranteed!!!
>
>Terry Ripple


You would probably lose that guarantee. It was reported in IEEE Micro that they
played 40 games vs micros and ended up with a 38-2 score.  They didn't say (that
I recall) whether that was two losses, 1 loss and 2 draws, or 4 draws.  I'd
guess the latter but it is only a guess..

They are _very_ strong... as beating Kasparov showed...



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