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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by gattilorenz on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:11AM (#50351012)
Except it has 64MB of RAM... Anyway, in the early 2000s machines were already doing better than DeepBlue, so it didn't last long
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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by emil-lp on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:19AM (#50351092)
Okay, but probably also a turbo button, which is tantamount to cheating.
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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by mkl on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:53AM (#50351426)
The turbo button slows the CPU down so old programs that depend on clock speed (e.g. early games) run correctly.
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