Author: steven blincoe
Date: 04:47:11 05/13/04
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hi Fernando i could not possibly agree with you more! the man not only is an icon but he deserves far more credit then he recevies. instead he remains in the shadows while other programers that biult upon his work bathe in the warm glow of sunlight. he INVENTED THE VERY FIRST machine to play chess that could be sold to the public and was also the first programmer to invent the "talking"feature seen in many of the older computers and he invented the use of motion detectors as seen in the Fidelity Eyeball Chesster Phantom(model 6126) i have had some small contact with him over the years and he seems to prefer to remain private and let others receive all of the accolades that are rightfully his and his alone. many of the chess programmers we see here all of the time ,owe their very livelihoods to this maverick in the field and i would bet BIG money many of them do not even know his name Best Regards STEVE On May 12, 2004 at 22:32:51, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Ron Nelson was the guy that in 1976 or so prepared the first Fidelity units to >be presented in 1977. No, almost 30 years after that, Ron nelson is thye guy >behind the programming of Excalibur units. >In a field where so many programmers just go after at most 20 years of >acvtivity, normally lot before, I think this Nelson guy deserves a place in any >hall of fame or at least in a museum. >I wonder if somebody here could get him to come here to talk about his enormous >experience as programmer and human being. >Must be interesting >fernando
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