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Subject: Re: Interesting Old Chess Programming Articles

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 14:02:04 09/20/98

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On September 20, 1998 at 16:36:02, Jim Phillips wrote:

>The Oct and Nov 1978 issues of Byte Magazine contained several articles
>on computer chess programming - including a two-part article by none other
>than the Spracklens, detailing their Sargon program.  These articles are
>historically significant to the interests of the CCC.  What's more, even
>today the information they contain is meaty and relevant.
>
>I have these articles; the Oct 1978 issue was my introduction to computer
>chess.  I have looked on the Internet and it appears that these texts are
>not available anywhere for downloading.
>
>I have e-mailed a request to Byte Magazine asking their permission to upload
>these very interesting articles.  Assuming I get their permission, I have
>some questions:
>
>  1) Are they already available at an Internet site I don't know about?
>
>  2) Does the CCC have an Archive page that I could upload to?
>
>  3) Although I am a fast typist, the job will require some hours of work.
>     Does anyone want to see these texts?  (I think I know what the answer
>     to that one will be... :))
>
>I am crossing my fingers....  8^|
>-Jim Phillips

We are going to be making some CCC "birthday" announcements
in the next two weeks. I think those articles will come
in handy here. Please keep in touch when you get permission.

If anyone else has materials which will add to the
computer chess community, please let me or Fernando know.
Thanks!
-Steve



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