Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:50:29 04/06/98
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On April 06, 1998 at 11:09:42, JW de Kort wrote: >Hi > >A few days ago someone posted a question to RGCC about the operation of >the chess challenger 7 computer, a model that was one of the first >commercialy available chess computers. I dug mine op form my cellar and >starting playing with it. Now i wonder, how sophisticated the program of >this will be? Does anybody have any knowledge about the program used in >this machine. I'am particulary interested to now about its evaluation >function and the tree search methodes it uses. I'am sure it is not as >complicated as todays machines or programs but i would be nice to know >more about it. > >Any help appriciated > >Jan Willem Hi jan: As far as I recall, Fidelity 7 and his sucesor, Fidelity 8 sensory, was programmer by the then top programer of Fidelity, Mr Ron Nelson. After that nelson produced the Chess challenger 10, with voice, a very good device for his time. After that He was shortly replaced by the Spracklen team that created the first great hit for Fidelity, Chess Champion and then a lomng line of brothers and sons. The ply depth of Fidelity 7 was 5 in the tournament levels, the frist 3 full widht and the last selective or what was thought as suuch in the end of 70's. Ciao Fernando
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