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Subject: Re: old and very old programs(Somewhat O.T. )

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 15:09:31 01/28/01

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On January 28, 2001 at 16:41:00, Mike S. wrote:

>On January 28, 2001 at 11:58:17, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>What a horrible cover that Fritz 1 had. Really a collectors item for the ugly
>>program box museum!
>
>Yes, but it has a certain charme, like a horror movie poster from the fifties...
>Vincent Price, and Frankenstein's bride in the background. But this was a
>special "deluxe" edition by boeder; I think the original CB cover didn't have
>much of a picture.
>
>But in those days, you were lucky if there was a box at all. I have purchased
>several chess programs which came in a paper envelope.
>
>My favorite is the Sargon III cover, with that artistic photo.
>
>It would be nice to discuss, what is the best chess photo ever... the Cowderoy
>website has many examples - but this is off topic. Maybe I start a thread in the
>GCF.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl

I also like the both the Sargon covers and the Colossus Chess X cover quite a
lot. Another thing... What is that man, who obviously has spent most of his time
sleeping under a bridge, doing on the Chessmaster covers? Or perhaps its father
Christmas comming with another chessprogram to put under the tree. Anyway, it is
has always looked pretty satrange to me.

Torstein



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