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Subject: Re: Who was the first computer chess programmer?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 08:11:15 07/15/04

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On July 15, 2004 at 10:13:30, steven blincoe wrote:

>hI Jim
>Great story!
>i cant imagine what its like to have seen Kittenger,the Spracklens and probably
>Sid Samole all poised for the explosion in the  dedicated computer market
>
>didnt the Spracklens release a book/pamphlet about Sargon and its performance at
>that fair?
>i think i have this book
>they released the code to the program in it if i recall correctly
>
>Steve

The only book I saw had the code of Sargon 2 I think. (Maybe 2.5)
By the way, at the same fair there was a guy there allowing all comers to try
his checker program.  It was the pre-release of Borcheck and already played
pretty good checkers.
Jim




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