Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 06:05:26 04/05/04
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On April 04, 2004 at 08:16:40, stegner, jamie wrote: > >Contrary to our popular(or professional?) belief, CYRUS(1985) was NOT written by >Richard Lang(Genius). He says. Here's an e-mail from Richard, posted as i >previously promised to him to do so: > >ps) stuart cracraft(GnuChess, the original authour)'s new e-mail address: >cracraft@cox.net I am pretty sure that David Levy had been involved in some way but I doubt that he had been the main developer. It should be possible to find information; after all, Cyrus had participated on wmcccs end of the 80ers iirc. Uli > >Then I wonder: Who made CYRUS's rotatable 3D board? > >* * * > >From: "ChessGeniusSupport" <support@chessgenius.com> Add to Address Book >To: ________________________________ >Subject: Re: WANTED: Info on your CYRUS >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 09:20:31 +0100 > > >___________, > >The Cyrus PC program was not written by me. > >My first chess program was called Cyrus. After it won a tournament I started >work with a company called "Intelligent Software" in 1981 and sold Cyrus to >them. >The Cyrus that I wrote ran on the Z80 processor but not on the Intel 80x86. > >In 1985 I was working with Hegener+Glaser and had no connection to Intelligent >Software. > >Regards, >Richard Lang >www.chessgenius.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: _______________________ >To: <richard@chessgenius.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 1:22 PM >Subject: WANTED: Info on your CYRUS > > >> WANTED....info on "CYRUS" >> >> Dear Richard, >> >> I have some questions regarding your CYRUS. >> >> It's one of few freeware chess program avaiable in 3D >> board. Its playing strength is quite impressive >> considering it was born in 1985. And no one can't >> forget the unique, soft sound PC speaker makes when a >> piece moves. Just watching program v program matches >> by pressing "p" was - and still is - also inspiring. >> >> It was posted in the early-90s by someone on the net >> (i.e. U pittsberg ftp) w/o any documentation . If >> memory serves me right, I've read a short article >> about the program in a computer magazine in 1994 or >> so. >> >> It's mysterious that such a strong and good-looking >> program was not updated and abandoned(?) as freeware. >> >> 1. Was it originally commercial-ware? >> >> 2. Is it ILLEGAL that many web sites thesedays list >> CYRUS as downloadable? >> >> 3. Is there any doc file describing CYRUS's >> programming method? >> >> >> Best // Thx in advance // Jamie >> >> PS) If you let me know, I'd like to post your valuable >> answers on www.talkchess.com, a m'ship-based forum, >> dedicated to computerchess programming and related >> issues.
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