Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 16:55:17 09/03/05
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On September 03, 2005 at 19:39:23, Carey wrote: >I have gotten in contact with a guy who does have a collection of old programs. >Unfortunately, he's going to be out of town for serveral weeks, so we'll have to >pick up the conversation then. > >He did however say that he *may* (only *may*, no guarantee!) have: > >1) Blitz from 1981 or so. >2) Awit >3) Tinkerbelle & parabelle >4) MacHack VI (executable only. No source.) >5) Chess 3.0 > >plus a few others. > >But, we are going to have to contact the authors to get their permission to >distribute these things. > >(Christopher in the pdp-10 newsgroup talked to Mr. Greenblatt and was told that >he does think he still has the source for MacHack VI!! If so, that's a heck of >a find!!) > > >Old programs that I currently have: > >1) Sargon >2) Byte magazine Chess 0.5 >3) MacHack VI executable >4) 'Chess' from Unix from 79. (Written by Ken Thompson??) >5) CheckMo-II from 1974. For pdp. >6) a few unnamed chess programs for the PDP 6, 8, and 11. >7) A few mychess executables. >8) Microchess 1 >9) Sinclear zx-80 (famous only for its size.) How about my Mephisto, I have 1 & 3. 10000$ > >Not really a major collection. (I also have a few commercial ones, such as >Sargon 2, Atari 2600 chess, and a few others. But those aren't really suitable >for distribution.) > > >So, if you know the location of any of the chess program authors from the late >60's, 1970s, or early 80's, let me know. > >If you know the author personally, please ask them yourself about the >possibility of collection and distributing their old programs. Questions such >as that are accepted much better from somebody they know than from a stranger. > >Programs that would be nice to still find: > >Tech (1 & 2) >Kaissa (not bloody likely!) >T.Belle aka TinkerBelle >Blitz & CrayBlitz >Chess 3.x & 4.x >NuChess (aka Chess 5.x) >WITA / AWIT >Chaos >Pawnking >MyChess (source, we have plenty of executables) >CoKo IV >Belle (circuit diagram and program.) Do you want Siberian 1 & 2? 500 $ > > >And I'm sure there are many more that aren't coming to me right off the top of >my head. It's nice if the programs are historically famous, or significant, but >actually any chess program from the 60's or mid 70's is historically significant >simply due to the age. From the mid 70s to the mid 80's, possibly, but by that >time there were lots of programs. > > >People to look for: > >David Kittenger >James Gillogy. >Robert Hyatt... (Easy to find...) >David Slate >Larry Atkin >Ken Thompson >Dennis Cooper >Ed Kozdrowicki > >And I'm sure there are others who's name I can't think of right off hand. How about Lenin? F. Friedel? >If >you know them (either personally or just know where they are at), then ask >them.... > >Remember, questions like these are accepted much better from people they know >than from a stranger. And be polite! > >You might also want to assure them that we have no intention of making fun of >their programming skills or anything like that. Many of these programs were >done as a hobby in whatever spare time they could find. The programs were >written only for their own use, so the quality of the code or comments may not >be the best quality. > >I think all of us have early programs we are embarrased by, so why should they >be any different. The only real difference is that they were 'there' back then, >they used much more primative systems, and they were sucessful and most of us >weren't. I was there, done it, got the T-Shirt! What was your question to me? > > > >It's possible the computer musemu might be interested in this stuff, but we need >to collect it first. > > >So, if you can think of any programs that we should try to find, let me know. > >If you can think of anybody we should contact, let me know. > >If you know where any of the authors are at, let me know. > >If you know the authors personally, feel free to ask them. > >If you have a collection... Let me know. > > >I may not be the best person to be 'in charge', but since there is nobody else >even making an effort, I guess it's up to me until somebody better qualified >stands up. > > > >(Note: I formerly posted as: kaqs.1662 -at- bumpymail I was originally just >going to read messages, but since I'm obviously participating, I figured I >should go ahead and do a regular name and a slightly more reliable email >address. At least I hope it's more reliable... My isp does have a history of >overfiltering messages.) Hehehe.
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