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Subject: 1k chess programs!

Author: Matthew Barnett

Date: 15:34:19 05/16/01


Whilst I was surfing I found http://www.the5k.org where there are 3 chess
programs of 5k each...

Which reminded me of the early 1980s when there was a 'home' computer called the
Sinclair ZX81 which came with only 1k as its memory - those were the days!  (You
could of course add more memory, I think up to a whopping 16k.)  You could
'enjoy' a game of chess on your ZX81 1k machine -
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~uzdm0006/scans/1kchess/ (I think this program actually
takes up less than 1k.)  I also seem to remember a similar sized commercial
chess program, although these two could be one and the same.

Small may not be beautiful or offer a good chess game, but you've got to admire
the ingenuity of these guys when working under these kinds of contingencies.

I wonder how low it's possible to go...?

;)



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