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Subject: Hyatt Blitz IV source

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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