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- SAGE3000 and DYNAMO PROFESSIONAL
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- To reflect the continued investment in development and time on SAGE/DYNAMO
- the new versions of these programs are more expensive. The programs will now
- be marketed in different versions - the existing versions (ie. SAGE2600 and
- DYNAMO STANDARD) will remain available at the 12 pound (US:$24) price mark
- (slightly cheaper in the UK) for the general public, whereas the new versions
- (SAGE3000 and DYNAMO PROFESSIONAL) cost 29 pounds (US:$49), with many extra
- features for the enthusiast and serious player. New features include better
- game-play, extended opening/end-game databases with the ability for the user
- to modify the database, advanced game annotation, ability to export games to
- a wordprocessor, and more. For instance, you can play/enter the moves of a
- game, then annotate individual moves and insert diagrams at any point, then
- print the results on your printer, or export to a DOS text file - just like a
- "word-processor" for draughts! SAGE and DYNAMO's documentation and packaging
- are also improved, up to a professional level.
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- The playing power of SAGE and DYNAMO are significantly improved - for
- instance games played by SAGE3000 against other major programs (Colossus,
- Cornell checkers, Checkers 3.0, etc..) lead us to believe that SAGE is as
- strong as or stronger than any other PC program. To demonstrate SAGE's power,
- have a look at this facinating game:-
- Sage3000 (White) vs Colossus Draughts (Black) both computers at 10
- seconds per move (blitz), on 486sx33 PC. Randomly selected 11 man ballot :
- men at 9,24 taken off, then 11-15, 21-17 ballot.
- 11-15 21-17 15-19 23-16 12-19 17-14 10-17 22-13 8-11 25-22 7-10 29-25 4-8
- 27-23 11-16 23-18 10-14 18-9 5-14 25-21 8-11 22-17 6-10 13-9 16-20 17-13
- 10-15 26-22 14-18 22-17 18-22 17-14 1-5 14-10!! Definately my nomination
- for 'most interesting computer move' of all time! It is unusual for
- computers to play sacrifices - but SAGE thinks the weakness of the King on
- 29, and blacks weak back rank is worth a man. I suspect to get equality,
- COLOSSUS must give the man back quickly.
- 5-14 10-6 2-9 13-6 14-18 6-1 18-23 1-6 22-25 21-17 25-29 17-14 20-24
- 14-9 3-8 6-10 8-12 10-7 12-16 7-10 16-20 10-7 11-16 7-11 15-18
- 11-15 18-22 9-6 22-25 30-21 29-25 15-18 25-30 18-27 30-26 31-22 24-31
- 6-2 19-23 22-18 16-19 18-15 31-26 15-10 26-22 2-7 23-26 10-6 19-23
- 6-2 26-30 7-10 30-26 2-6 23-27 32-23 26-19 6-9 20-24 10-15 19-10
- 28-19 10-7 19-16 22-18 16-12 7-11 21-17 18-22 17-14 11-15 9-6 22-18
- 14-9 18-14 9-5 14-10 5-1 10-7 12-8 7-3 8-4 15-19 6-10 19-24 1-6 24-19
- 6-9 19-24 10-15 3-7 9-14 24-27 14-18 7-3 18-14 3-7 14-17 27-24 17-22
- 24-27 22-26 27-24 26-23 7-3 23-19 24-27 19-16 3-7 4-8 27-31 8-11
- 7-2 15-10 2-6 10-1 31-26 11-15 26-31 16-19 31-26 15-18 26-31 18-23 31-26
- 23-30 and SAGE WINS! Sage has had similar results against Checkers 3.0...
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- Also supplied with SAGE3000 or DYNAMO PRO is BASIC CHECKERS, a simple 8x8
- draughts program with its BASIC source code, so you can learn how draughts
- programs work, and have a stab at writing your own program! BASIC CHECKERS
- will run under the QBASIC interpreter, which you will find is supplied free
- with MSDOS 5 or 6 - it will also work with any QUICKBASIC compatible compiler
- - even on other computers like the MAC, ST, etc.
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- However, remember that the cheaper versions are NOT crippled in any way -
- you will still find these programs strong enough to take on the worlds best
- players! SAGE3000 and DYNAMO PROFESSIONAL are now out - if you use an earlier
- version of SAGE/DYNAMO you can upgrade by paying the difference in price -
- ie. send us 17 pounds, or $25 US, telling us when you bought SAGE/DYNAMO.
- Orders/Enquiries to: -
- PC SOLUTIONS, PO Box 954, Bournemouth BH7 6YJ, England.