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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:46:31 02/03/00

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On February 03, 2000 at 05:49:10, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>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


Actually xboard.  SP's don't run windoze.  :)



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