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Subject: Re: Historical Question ...

Author: Paul

Date: 03:15:46 04/03/01

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On April 03, 2001 at 05:54:27, Tony Werten wrote:

>On April 02, 2001 at 17:41:59, William H Rogers wrote:
>
>>On April 02, 2001 at 15:57:04, Mark Loftus wrote:
>>
>>>I was recently reading about the Slate/Atkin programs, Chess 3.X and Chess 4.X
>>>and their fine tournament performances in the 1970s. I'd like to know if there
>>>ever was a Chess 1.0 or 2.0 and if there are any available games from them.
>>>
>>>Mark Loftus
>>
>>The source for Chess x.5 has been available for years.
>>Bill
>
>Correct. It has been published in Computer Games (I) by David Levy (editor) ISBN
>0-387-96496
>
>Unfortunately it's completely unreadable. First because the (Pascal) code has
>not been printed in the same font as the rest of the book but in some kind of
>bad xeroxed font ( it looks like it has been faxed to )
>
>Second because almost all variables are 2 letters big and all procedures and
>functions are 5 letters big.
>
>Tony

I have the Chess 0.5 sources (by Peter Frey & Larry Atkin) in "The Byte Book of
Pascal" from 1979. You are right about the readability ... I've been tempted
several times to type it into my computer over the years, but couldn't bring
myself to it because of it! Does anyone know if it's available online?

Groetjes,
Paul



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