Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 07:54:19 04/10/04
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On April 10, 2004 at 06:00:21, Dann Corbit wrote: >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 I did not see a date in this source. Also, I wonder if this can be modified to compile with the Linux Fortran compiler. Very cool!
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