Author: Stuart Cracraft
Date: 08:43:35 12/21/05
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On December 20, 2005 at 19:54:24, Steve B wrote: > >> >>So Larry Kaufman and Ken Thompson and David Kittinger would often make use >>of my machines for testing. Sometimes this would take the form of phone-calls >>lasting hours and hours. Other times, it would involve outright selling the >>machine, for example a special Novag to David, who of course was its programmer. > >its interesting to think of selling a chess computer to the programmer whose >chess program was inside of it >i would think they automatically got a free sample of each model that contained >their program Yes - I thought so too at the time. I had got mine from Rainer Rickford, a man everyone seemed to love to hate except me (I thought he was funny though others said he was unscrupulous at best.) Anyway, I eventually sold the bitboard version of the Novag to David who went off and enjoyed it. > >but i remember reading that the Spracklens who were interviewed many years after >they gave up chess programming only had one chess computer in their possession >a Prestige Challenger Yes - poverty-stricken programmers - a pretty common event. The Spracklens were quite helpful and friendly to me on some computer chess subjects back in the 80's. > > >>But that's why these days are the best, with this forum of Steve's along >>with the huge advances computer chess has made. It has almost become >>normal to write a chess program. > > >well i agree these days are the best..but not from pc chess standpoint as i am >not interested in pc chess > >but from a collecting the old computers standpoint I understand that antiquing is valuable. Seems computer chess has the antiques too! > >today..with Ebay one get have a fairly respectable collection of high-end chess >computers in a very short period of time > >this was not possible even 5 years ago A trip down memory lane. Wish I could have a copy of Greenblatt's CHEOPS for the living room table or Thompson's Belle chips for a decorative. > >Steve Stuart
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