Author: Gregor Overney
Date: 12:19:47 10/23/00
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On October 22, 2000 at 03:58:57, Rafael Andrist wrote: >1958: first time a computer "can" play chess >1966: first serious computer chess program > >BTW: do you know how long computers exists? >> 17th or 18th century? >1874: Ferdinand Braun: natural semiconductor effect --> 19th century I am not sure if one has to have electronic or even electrical components to call a system a computer. No? Computers can be based on complex mechanical motion such as the system by Charles Babbage and, newer days, based on atomic switches (nanoscale mechanical systems). - And, just for the sake of completion, chemical systems that can compute are already planned by several research groups. So my guess of 18th century might be pretty close. I just do not know if there has been a chess program designed to run on Babbage's mechanical system. If not, this might push the origin of computer chess into the 20th century. Gregor
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