Author: Len Spencer
Date: 17:55:46 06/28/98
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On June 28, 1998 at 12:25:34, Heiko Mikala wrote: > >On June 28, 1998 at 07:50:46, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>Actually, I believe to know what Odesta might refer to. None other than good >>ole Chess 7.0 (Apple II, Commodore) by David Slate. I used to have it on a >>Commodore 64, on a 5.25" disk, and I was impressed by it at that time (must have been 1983...). > >Is this true? A successor of David Slates famous Chess 4.5 program was sold >commercially a few years ago? For the Commodore 64??? If only I would have known >that... >I guess most of us chess programmers (at least of the younger ones :-) started >reading L. Atkin and D. Slates article about Chess 4.5. And learned very very >much of it. > >Maybe I should again look for a C-64 emulator on the internet and then search >for Chess 7.0.... > >Heiko. I have the Atari 800 version, and the name on the package is actually Larry Atkin. I recall the Checkers program that Odesta released having David Slate's name on the box though.
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