Author: Hans Christian Lykke
Date: 06:05:18 11/03/99
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On November 03, 1999 at 08:36:13, Peter Hegger wrote: >Hi all, >I bought a Novag Diamond tabletop computer a couple of years back. Their were 2 >reasons for my purchase. 1) I needed a portable machine. 2) My old "Fidelity >master 2265" (supposedly action rated by the Computer rating agency of the USCF) >was obviously no where near 2265 action rated on it's best day. >So I sent my $300 US to the USCF so I could buy my 2383 action rated (again by >the same Computer rating agency of the USCF) table top terror Novag diamond. >What a disappointment. I'm a 1700 player or thereabouts at standard time >controls and I find I can usually get a 30% score in a series of games at 40/90. >Either I'm alot better than 1700 (which I'm not) or this thing is also as >grossly over rated as the Fidelity master is. >One thing I do know for sure is I will take any and all endorsements and ratings >by the USCF on products they sell with a grain of salt from now on. >Has anyone else had similar experiences or reasons to doubt the validity of >these "computer rating agency" ratings? >Thanks, >Peter (abel2 at ICC) I think the chessengine in Diamond is the same as in Sapphire The SSDF-ratings as follows: 99 Mephisto Berlin 68 000 12 MHz 2115 22 986 57% 2067 100 Sapphire II 2113 35 424 63% 2016 101 Mephisto Vancouver 68000 12 MHz 2106 21 1119 54% 2075 102 Mephisto Lyon 68000 12 MHz 2103 21 1150 57% 2052 103 Mephisto MM 4 Turbo Kit 6502 16 MHz 2093 46 292 73% 1918 104 Novag Sapphire H8 10 MHz 2090 22 1014 47% 2108 105 Milano Pro SH7000 20 MHz 2078 35 429 63% 1985 Venlig hilsen Hans Chr. Lykke http://home3.inet.tele.dk/hclykke/
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