Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 05:18:01 02/24/00
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On February 23, 2000 at 22:54:13, Imran Hendley wrote: >On February 23, 2000 at 22:04:04, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >> Dear CCC, >> >>I accidentally found an easy way to slow Junior 6a down by a factor of 100. >>Before you start Junior 6 just start Winboard and let it run in the background >>with the autoplay on. You can beat Junior just by letting it run out of time. >>Do this a few times and then clear out of Windows 95/98 on a restart or reboot >>and then play Junior 6 unfettered. You will see an astronomical difference. >>This would be a good level for a kid just starting out in chess. >> >>Instead of 14 ply searches Junior will only do 5 to 8 ply searches. Not very >>brilliant, but it still plays a fair game. When you have a bad headache or are >>drunk use the Winboard in the background technique to give you an additional >>handicap. >> >>Hiccup, >> >> >>Tim Frohlick > >Yes... That is because running Winboard will use RAM and CPU power. In reply, Exactly...and that is why the processors of tomorrow will be over one hundred times as fast as an Intel 1 Ghz machine. In order to do real time events and convince the observer that what they are looking at is real we must have enormous memory and speed in our computers. Gee, I guess that is why there are no chess puzzles in Quake Arena....yet. Tim Frohlick PS How the hell do you get processors that fast? Wait and see.
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