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Subject: Re: the face of DB (deep blue) !!

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 02:49:10 02/03/00

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On February 03, 2000 at 05:13:30, Shep wrote:

>On February 02, 2000 at 13:52:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On February 02, 2000 at 12:24:11, pavel wrote:
>>
>>>hi guys,
>>>        okie now we have heard all the hokie pokies about DB, like how it works
>>>like a super computer, its enormous database, its kool loghtning speed, and
>>>whatever blah blah blah......
>>>but can anyone tell how it actually looks like? i mean maybe its not as good
>>>looking as gregory peak!!, but at least i hope it has an interface, where one
>>>window shows evaluation, the other windows shows its vast databse being used to
>>>select moves, so actually what i mean is how does it look like? I hope atleas
>>>its better then rebel tiger interface ;)  (just kidding).
>>>
>>>any comments, !!
>>>
>>>thanks pavel.
>>>
>>>dont know if they discussed this thing before if you did sorry for repeating :)
>>
>>
>>It looks like a couple of 19" racks, 72" tall, with skins on them so they
>>look like a big cabinet.
>>
>>:)
>
>I think he was referring to the Deep Blue GUI. :)
>
>Actually, the only thing I saw about it was a TV report aired shortly before the
>97 match.
>They showed a screen with a grey background and all kinds of vertical sliders
>(looked a bit like Win 3.1 or an old Amiga :). The reporter said this was were
>they were tuning the evaluation (IIRC GM Benjamin was sitting in front of the
>terminal).
>Don't remember more details, but this image remained in my mind.
>
>---
>Shep

I saw a show on PBS once back in the DT days, with the first two games against
Kasparov.  They were using Winboard back then.

Dave



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