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Subject: Re: Kathe Spracklen

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 20:04:55 10/07/99

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On October 07, 1999 at 17:40:03, Ratko V Tomic wrote:

>It is puzzling that she vanished from the chess programming. It always seemed to
>me that the chess computers, be it programming or just playing with them, is one
>of those incurable bugs that last a lifetime. In any case, Kathe's books, on Z80
>assembly and on Sargon (coauthored with Dan) are in my chess computing bookshelf
>(even though I haven't programmed Z80 in over 12 years; her book was the best on
>assemby language). Who knows maybe she is reading this board, or talks to
>someone who is.

From magazines papers I have read on them in the '80, I thought she was only in
charge of the chess knowledge of Sargon. I thought Dan was the programmer. I
didn't know she was a programmer too.

Anyway they will both stay in my mind forever. They gave me the computer chess
passion.


    Christophe



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