Four.nine wrote:
What is in the DD housing is the Mach4
The Excel and Mach4 are essentially the same thing: The housing is different. The program should be identical. Doesn't matter which flavor you run: try for yourself and see.
Hi 4.9
a simple one word answer here would have sufficed
i know they are the same.. i could do without the lectures ..thanks
have owned both models for almost 30 years
Mach 4 program also appears in the EAG V6 Series
just want to compare exact models....housing and all
Factory released vs modified
Designer it is
Four.nine wrote:
The "upgraded" Master Modder (originally Mad modder: check one of YOUR old posts that referenced his ebay listing)
i dont recall calling him that but its certainly possible
since you went through all of that time and trouble searching through hundreds of my old posts.. i think i will reward your efforts by referring to him as the "Mad Master Modder " from this day forward..i like the sound of that
Four.nine wrote:
BOTH computers: Nope.
When it plays a Sicilian, it looks like it plays one particular line a lot (and deep) and the opponent computer pretty much has to play along.
BOTH computers:YUP
The Mach 4 is guilty of endless repetitions but the poor defenseless SD 'Pretty much has to play along"
uh huh .. seems like you have a built-in bias against the Mach 4...hmmm
Four.nine wrote:
Also, I'd be interested to see if you can get c4, Nc3 or Nf3 out of the Fidelity...I couldn't.
i could..easily actually
i engaged the "all openings" option
here were its 10 opening moves in order played
f4,d4,d4,b3,Nc3,d4,Nf3,d4,c4,b3
no 1.e4's
with the option off(so called tournament book) i could only get e4 and d4
yes yes..i know...you will cry foul as this is not the factory setting considered strongest by the Manufacturer
not the first time a manufacturer got the factory settings wrong
the Tasc R30 is an example that leaps to mind
factory setting is "normal" playing style.. while years of testing and games played by collectors has shown the "active" playing style to be stronger
anyway...from my point of view ....you might actually be handicapping the M4 in light of the fact that the SD does NOT even have a tournament book option..its book is an "all openings" book to begin with...the manual calls it a "normal"book
you can change the book from Active to Passive but not to a tournament book
play another match with the "all openings" option selected ..you will enjoy the games more..which is the real point of all of this
if you do play another match(which i suspect you wont) i predict your jazzed up M4 punishes the SD by a score of 7-3 or at worst 6-4
who knows..you might have even unwittingly stumbled upon a stronger setting for the M4??
Four.nine wrote:
PS need your help: what is the method to cut and paste a previous post or portion thereof, in order to respond to that highlighted post. Thanks
select quote the post(upper right corner)
delete any text you dont want to highlight and then reply AFTER the "[/quote]"
Biased Regards
Steve