Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 14:12:32 03/01/05
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On March 01, 2005 at 12:30:17, Steve B wrote: >i think it might be of interest to all Members to perhaps share their very first >experience with a chess playing machine or even a PC program > >after all.. all members here started somewhere with their very first program or >dedicated computer.. > >a point in time i think that many of us recall with a certain amount of >nostalgia and fondness > >for me of course the beginning was way back in 1978 >the first chess playing computer i owned was the JS&A Computer Chess Computer >endorsed by the then World Champion Karpov > >it was a small unit,with no chess board attached >you keyed in your move and the display showed the computers reply >it sold for $100 >the only other machine at the time was the Fidelity Chess Challenger but it was >more expensive..i recall it sold for about $400,so i went for the cheaper >machine > >i can recall exactly where i was and the time of day when i played my first game > >i was renting a house with 3 college buddies(we had just graduated) and it about >8pm in the evening > >i opened with D4 and after only 2 or 3 moves the computer was out of book > >i remember the computer making a quiet developing move ,moving the Q to D7 to >clear the way to Castle Queen side > >i was simply amazed > >here i was sitting in my house,playing a game of chess with a machine no bigger >then a small book and weighing less then 1 LB and all this for 100 bucks > >it soon became apparent that the program was weak but i was hooked for life >i knew right then and there i would collect and play as many of them as i could >possibly afford > >the next day i shelled out the money for the Chess Challenger > >still have both computers and they still work fine(and still after all of these >years,play god awful chess) > >Best >Steve If I look hard around in my mess I may still find a Sargon 2.5 (Sold as Boris in the US?) with nice messages in green LCD saying stuff like "Do you have a plan?" It was not very clever at chess, but what a sensation it was! "Hey Dude, that box actually plays chess!" Torstein
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