Re: Re[2]: A86: [OT] Chess algorithm


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Re: Re[2]: A86: [OT] Chess algorithm




GAH! I meant "/some/ of the RAM requirements /can/ be put into ROM." ROM,
not RAM! =)

----- Original Message -----
From: Kirk Meyer <kirkmeyer@bigfoot.com>
To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: A86: [OT] Chess algorithm


> Mine? The one that takes 10 minutes to go 2 levels deep? It's
/proprietary/,
> that is why it's so dang slow! =) On another note to David, I am not
saying
> that a chess game is not possible... I'm saying it would be slow and
require
> a lot of RAM. On the gameboy, /some/ of the RAM requirements /can/ be put
> into RAM. This is because most good chess programs have a pretty nice
> library of openings, and that takes a lot of RAM if you want to go very
deep
> with them (many prefigure the most common possibilities for their
openings).
> The main point, I suppose, is that my program was only 6kb, and that is
why
> it was slow. I could make a good one that took all of the RAM, but... who
> would use it?
>
> Anyway, returning to your question, GNUchess is, IMHO, the best source for
> what you want.



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