Author: Tom
Date: 09:19:30 01/08/00
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On January 07, 2000 at 21:44:32, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >>On January 07, 2000 at 19:10:00, Charles Unruh wrote: > >>Supposedly the same engine, could someone post the default settings of all 3 >>programs here so we can see if the engine has been changed somehow, or if it is >>just these settings i Have 5500, and 6000 only. If the settings turn out to be >>the same, for all 3 progs then it would seem possible somehow the engine is >>changed or is being effected in some way. > >I am not sure this is always a valid comparison, although it might be, without >knowing the internal workings of the programs. > >Example--in Rebel Century I believe that adjusting the user-adjustable >parameters will simply modify the internal parameter (not seen by the user) in >the program by a certain percentage up or down. The user doesn't know for what >that internal parameter is--it might change from program version to program >version, although the 'default' adjustable parameters may look the same. If the >internal parameter has changed, the fact that the adjustable parameters look >identical to the user may not mean the programs are identical in weighting >material and positional aspects during evaluation. > >I don't know if CMxxxx programs directly use the exact settings the user is able >to modify, or if those user-adjustable settings cause the program to adjust some >internal figures up or down, similar to the Rebel situation. The adjustment >might not be by percentage, as in the Rebel case, but by some scaling factor not >obvious to the user. > >--Steve Boak Therefore, the internal parameter for the King 2.55 in CM5000 may be different from its internal parameter in TascBase 2.1 ? (The user-adjustable settings options are certainly different.) Tom Nolan
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