Author: Ty Dean
Date: 13:17:18 06/07/04
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On June 06, 2004 at 21:32:13, steven blincoe wrote: > >>Yes I have a couple of those you mentioned along with a couple of chess programs >>for the TRS-80 and TI-994/A (cartridge). >> >>Sargon series is another I have. > > >i wonder..do you know the name of the very first computer program to be released >for the computer? > >i remember a simple program for the early IBM pc where the board was a diagram >of 64 squares and the pieces were represented by the initials..K of King and P >for Pawn and so forth.. >would you know the name of this program and would you know if it was the first >porgram for the PC? >Steve > > I am not sure exactly which one that one would be. There were a few that I remember that used that format. One that did have the letters instead of the pieces was Sargon. The version I have comes on a cassette tape for the TRS-80 heh. Video Chess is for the TI994/A and it's in color! It is pretty weak though. Incidentally, after Apple came out with the Apple II and III, IBM worked on a personal computer codenamed "Project Chess" and teamed up with a little unknown company called Microsoft. The rest is history...
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