Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:44:30 11/06/99
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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) the USCF ratings were _always_ garbage. I have a diamond also. I am not convinced it is better than the old Mach III (2265 rating). The program seems to play ok, but seems to be a bit 'risky' in its playing style, and the hardware seems to be very slow in search speed...
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