Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:57:38 11/19/00
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On November 19, 2000 at 10:28:14, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>On November 18, 2000 at 21:25:44, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>On November 18, 2000 at 19:38:23, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
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>>>On November 18, 2000 at 18:28:09, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 16:01:36, walter irvin wrote:
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>>>>>does anyone know the strongest chess computer was that ran on the 6502 cpu ?
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>>>>I guess it is one of Ed Shröder's program.
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>>>>But he could answer, he knows better than me.
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>>>Ummmm. I think the Spraeklins (Sargon) is right there.
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>But their program (WChess I think) was good, but not up to the other commercial
>programs, Made me feel Sad, cause to me they started it all for us out here. :)
WChess is a PC program by David Kittinger.
>>I don't think so. Sargon on 6502 was strong, but it was basically a brute force
>>program.
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>>Yes, Yes, But my most fond memories back in those days were of David Kittingers Z80 program (my chess I think, not sure now) and the spraeklins Sargon 1 thru sargon 2 and later 3 and Wchess, I think something like that.. These were pioneers in the field for me, a program I could buy and enjoy. I Remember a friend and neighbor bought a dedicated machine called Boris, he and I played matches with my Sargon 2 and kicked Boris's tail and as I recall that was like a $400 dollars (I am stretching here ole gramps memory :) ) I followed the spraeklins for as long as I could thru the chess magazine (can't remember the name) I think ICD published it.
>
>So if you got this far with my thread, thank you for reading about my nostalgia.
I understand you. The Sargon II program on TRS-80 is the reason why I started
chess programming.
Christophe
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