Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 12:46:59 02/10/00
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On February 10, 2000 at 15:34:49, Steve Maughan wrote: >Ian, > >>Just out of curiosity, does anyone remember what the Mephisto Roma modules sold >>for in their heyday? > >As I recall the Roma in an Exclusive board (wood with Auto Sensory) was around >£1000-£1200 i.e. $1500+. Amazing! Well, the Palm touchscreen is hardly a match for an autosensory fullsize hardwood chessboard. :) That's why I was curious about the module price specifically. >>>>Also, I was curious about permanent brain: I found that it did make some moves >>>>instantly; does it already have some form of permanent brain? With some of the >>>>larger memory models of the Palm available, do you think Richard is considering >>>>the option of having hash tables? > >I think it's the memory management that is the problem with the Palm - it's hard >to quickly access >65 k. I guess Richard will be waiting to see the response to >the latest version before investing too much effort into further development. > >Regards, > >Steve Maughan Well, I can attest that Genius is at a marked disadvantage against a Sapphire II when it gets to the endgame. In two games, Genius came out two pawns ahead in the middlegame, yet lost them in the endgame and drew. I'd bet the Sapphire's hashtables had something to do with this. Oh, and how many endgame tablebases can we squeeze into 2-8M? :) Ian
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