Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:28:58 11/21/99
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On November 20, 1999 at 13:59:36, KarinsDad wrote: >On November 20, 1999 at 12:42:54, Christophe Theron wrote: > >[snip] >> >> >>I remember I had other chess programs for the TRS-80: >>* MicroChess 1.5 (worked on a 4Kb TRS-80!) >>* Sargon I & II >>* Sfinks >>* Gambit >>* ...and mine, which was called Sparph at that time. >> >>I'm sure there were some others, but I don't remember exactly about them. Sfinks >>was probably as good as Sargon II. Somebody has heard about William Fink since >>that time? >> >> >> Christophe > >I did not even know there were chess programs for the early TRS-80s (I did see a >demo once later on). > >I had an old monochrome TRS-80 with 4K of memory. This was in the late 70s. I >doubt you could write any chess program then in 4K, but maybe somebody managed >it. > >My next computer was an IBM PC with 64K in 1983 and I ran Sargon III on it. > >BTW, does anyone know whether you can get Sargon III to work in a DOS shell on >Windows 98? I was hoping to run it against my program manually to see if my >program could actually play at that old level (which by the way was stronger >than I am). > >KarinsDad :) I got a download of Sargon 5 at http://activision.downloadstore.com/products/d40900.html the download cost me $16.95 (it's an interesting program but I still consider it a questionable purchase). With Sargon 5 you have to be in Dos, it won't work in a Dos window at all. Sargon III however might be a different story, it might be willing to run in a Dos window. If I were you I'd dig it up and give it a try. Did Sargon III like 5 have a 3D board that had an arm & hand come down and make your move and for Sargon itself have a skeleton arm & hand? Rather strange. Pete
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