On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 10:44 -0800, Ross Werner wrote: > Don Dailey wrote: > > Rexchess doesn't run on todays computers because they are too fast. > > One of the first things rexchess did was measure the speed of the > > computer, because it had a function to simulate a specified ELO playing > > strength. You could for example set it to play 1700 strength and it > > would adjust it's level accordingly. These ran on DOS machines. > > > > But that calculation involved a division, and we didn't expect > > computers to get so fast that the calculation would complete in less > > than 1/18 of a second, which I believe was the initial resolution of the > > timer we used. So one day I tried running it and it crashes. > > Have you tried running it in DOSBox? It has several features to slow > down the DOS emulation to enable playing of very old games. > http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Main_Page
Yes, I have made it run by slowing down the computer. But that is not the idea way to run a chess program! - Don > > ~ Ross > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
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