Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 12:35:20 01/07/00
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On January 07, 2000 at 14:52:28, Ian Osgood wrote: >On January 07, 2000 at 14:12:45, Steven Schwartz wrote: > >>Steve (ICD/Your Move) >> >>Novag Product *Novag's ELO Estimate >... >>Star Sapphire 2550 >>Sapphire II w/Computer Chess Board 2420 >... > >These are the two important lines, which indicate that Novag thinks they have >increased their top-of-the-line strength by 130 "points". Scaling down the >estimates to the ~2100 SSDF rating for the Sapphire II results in an SSDF >estimate of [holds up thumb, *86%] ~2213 or a 100-point jump, bringing it in >line with the 20-36MHz Mephisto units. > > >I assume the program has been updated and is still by Kittinger. Since there is >a Deluxe model, I also assume the Star Sapphire supports the same serial >interface. > >The main info I would like from Novag is the Star Sapphire processor type and >speed and size of its hashtable (should be bigger since the cost of memory >density has dropped since the Sapphire II was released). > > >IanO, SapphireII owner On the computers which Novag "claims" are rated 2550 ELO, they list the following technical data... "Advanced 68EZ328 processor (1M ROM and 256K RAM) and High Speed 16.58MHz energy saving CMOS technology including hash tables." - Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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