Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:34:33 01/02/00
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On January 02, 2000 at 18:54:47, Graham Laight wrote:
>On January 02, 2000 at 11:03:13, Bango wrote:
>
>>Hello group,
>>
>>I was wondering why Mr. Schroder pulled his Rebel program from the SSDF list and
>>yet he is promoting his Rebel/Tiger program now that it is on top of the list.
>>
>>It seems Mr. Schroder is in a dilemma where he has previously stated that the
>>SSDF cheated by allowing Fritz certain advantages, but now, as it is to his
>>financial gain claims the title as computer chess barn boss. His website is
>>actually promoting the SSDF now !!
>>
>>Does the group think this is a reflection of Mr. Schoder's character ??
>>
>>I would suggest as a protest to refuse to purchase Rebel/Tiger !!
>>
>>Comments welcome,
>>
>>Bango123
>
>While it will undoubtedly be clear to all sensible people that to refuse to buy
>Rebel or Tiger would be a grotesque over-reaction to the situation, I have to
>say that the thought of duplicity by Ed has crossed my mind as well.
>
>What I would like (but will probably not get - ah well!) is a statement from Ed
>clarifying his position vis-a-vis the following points:
>
>* Now that Tiger tops the SSDF list, what is Ed's opinion of the list?
>
>* If his opinion is now positive, why has he changed his mind?
>
>* Will he now submit Century for testing by the SSDF?
>
>For the record, my opinion of the SSDF is that, whatever its shortcomings, it's
>the best show in town by a country mile - so I would be supportive of them.
>
>-g
Ed can reply himself, but as I am here reading your post, I would like to point
out that Ed has always shown the greatest respect for the SSDF list.
I think Ed has always had a very positive opinion of the SSDF list. You can dig
into the archives of every forum, you'll never find any critisism from Ed
against the SSDF list.
The only problem, and that is the reason why Rebel is not tested by the SSDF
anymore, is that the Auto232 DOS driver hurts Rebel playing strength. It
overwrites random chunks of memory, which often leads to crashes or to unnoticed
weakening of the play.
The fact that Tiger now tops the SSDF has nothing to do with it.
Rebel always does very well when it is played manually (if you have followed the
recent tournaments you should know that), but has problem when playing
automatically thru the Auto232 driver.
I remember that because of this, Ed has asked the SSDF guys to test Rebel
manually, and not thru Auto232. So they could test Rebel, but nowadays it is too
much work and that's why it won't be on the next lists.
This has been clearly said since a while, I regret that some people are still
ignoring this.
Christophe
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