Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 03:00:21 04/10/04
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On April 10, 2004 at 01:36:05, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 09, 2004 at 17:33:50, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/rsx/decus/rsx77b/302022/ > > > >What is it exactly? Who is the author? Chess.ftn is a Fortran file. Here is what the top of the file says: $INTEGER*4 00001000 $CONTROL FILE=1-10 00002000 C * THIS PROGRAM MODIFIED TO RUN ON HP3000 AND CONTRIBUTED * 00003000 C * BY MEL BAILEY, HP-RICHARDSON,TEXAS.... THIS VERSION USES * 00004000 C * ALL DOUBLE INTEGERS AND IS EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT.... * 00005000 C * * 00006000 C * * 00007000 C ****************************************************************00008000 C * 00009000 C * ***** * *** ***** ***** *** * * 00010000 C * * * * * * * * * * 00011000 C * * * * * * * * * * 00012000 C * ***** * * * * * * * 00013000 C * * * * * * * * * * 00014000 C * * * * * * * * * * 00015000 C * ***** ***** *** * ***** *** * 00016000 C * 00017000 C ****************************************************************00018000 C * 00019000 C * BLITZ IV IS THE FOURTH MAJOR VERSION OF A CHESS 00020000 C * PLAYING PROGRAM WRITTEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN 00021000 C * MISSISSIPPI BY ROBERT HYATT. IT USES SHANNON'S TYPE 00022000 C * 'A' ALPHA-BETA TREE SEARCHING STRATEGY WITH FORWARD 00023000 C * PRUNING. ALL PARAMETERS CAN BE SET BY THE PLAYER (SEE 00024000 C * COMMENTS IN EACH MODULE WITH A NAME ENDING IN 'CMND') 00025000 C * TO CONTROL THE SPEED (AND QUALITY) OF PLAY. 00026000 C * 00027000 C * MAIN IS THE DRIVER OF THE PROGRAM. IT IS CONCERNED 00028000 C * WITH READING INPUT, CALLING APPROPRIATE ROUTINES, AND 00029000 C * OUTPUTTING THE COMPUTERS CHOSEN MOVE. IT ALSO KEEPS 00030000 C * WITH MOVE TIMING TO MAINTAIN THE CHESS CLOCK TIMES FOR 00031000 C * BOTH SIDES. 00032000 C * 00033000 C ****************************************************************00034000 C 00035000
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