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

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 12:05:07 02/03/00

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On February 03, 2000 at 09:46:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.  :)

Winboard, Xboard, same schmame. <grin>  (Don't they have the same source base?)

Dave




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