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Subject: Re: What's the oldest chess computer/program you own?

Author: William H Rogers

Date: 11:13:15 01/16/03

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On January 16, 2003 at 11:20:07, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>On January 16, 2003 at 11:06:17, William H Rogers wrote:
>
>>My oldest chess program is "MicroChess" by Peter Jennings. It was written for
>>the TRS-80 and first sold in 1978. It was the very first chess program to sell
>>over 'one million' copies. It was also translated to work on the "Apple" and the
>>"Commadore Pet".
>>You can not print screen shots from a TRS-80.
>>Bill
>
>   Please see ==> http://www.ping.be/kim-1__6502/microchess/MICROCHESS.html

Thanks Jose
I knew that it was first written for the Kim 1, but that was a little hand held
device that looked like a calculator. It was then translated to run on the first
"PC's" that included the above list. I still have a copy, but I can not get it
to run anymore. The TRS-80 version was just a little over 4k because 3k was used
for graphic representation. It appeared only to run 3 plys, but then I really do
not know for sure.
I also own Sargon 1 and a few others for the old Radio Shack computer.
Thanks for the feedback
Bill



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