Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:19703 rec.games.chess:1436 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!apple!well!ekw From: ekw@well.UUCP (Elliott Winslow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,rec.games.chess Subject: Re: AIChess, a PC-based chess program Summary: Why am I suspicious? Keywords: "apparently", "Early rumors", "Very little else is known", "seem to indicate..." Message-ID: <7236@well.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 88 08:22:11 GMT References: <6357@venera.isi.edu> Reply-To: ekw@well.UUCP Distribution: rec.games.chess Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 24 The venerable Stuart Cracraft more-or-less repeated an earlier posting with: | The latest program to burst upon the scene apparently is AIChess. | Early rumors indicate it is stronger than even the strongest | mid-range dedicated chess machines. An example: it defeated Novag | Super-Forte 12.5 to 6.5 at 15 second chess. | | Very little else is known; apparently there's an info line about | the program at 714 631 7452. I haven't seen it at any store or PC | mart and none of the clerks have any info. | | Overall results seem to indicate master strength running on | an 8mhz PC. What is this guy up to??? He posts these snake-oil advertisements, but never seems to be quite telling you what is really going on. He doesn't name any sources. He doesn't tell you what happens when you dial the number. He doesn't respond when you ask him questions. I'll bite. I'll call this number tomorrow and see what (if anything) happens. At least it's not a 976 number... Elliott Winslow (415) 653-4256 ekw@well.UUCP