Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 14:03:09 01/18/00
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On January 18, 2000 at 16:58:09, William H Rogers wrote: >On January 18, 2000 at 14:27:41, pavesyles wrote: > >>say its ashame someone couldnt induce these two to write a new pc programm. say >>how many people might like that? > > >It seems that people forget about Sargon 3,4, and 5. Sargon 5 was rated about >2200-2300 on a 486-33 computer. Just how much stronger it would be on a Pentium >500, remains to be seen. As a matter of fact, I think that I will try it >against CM6000 for a couple of games just for fun. Neither one will run on >autoboards. > By the way I own all of the Sargons from 1 to 5, but 1 and 2 only run on a >TRS-80 computer. > >Bill Many people seem to think that the Spraklens are terrific. I don't know why. From what I've read, they just couldn't keep up. Their programs stopped being competitive, so they lost some licensing deals, and then they dropped off the face of the Earth. Who cares. It's not like Richard Lang disappeared after making Genius 1. (THAT would be something to talk about!) -Tom
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