Chess

[Dave Dunfield]

> any thoughts on vintage chess games?

One of the earliest ones that I used was called:

CHESS MASTER
Copyright 1978 by SOFTWARE SPECIALISTS, Norco, California

and sold by Dynacomp for NorthStar DOS. I ran it
using a single-density N* controller in my Altair.

It plays a fairly decent game of chess, especially
at the higher levels. Not bad considering it's only
about 5K of 8080 code. It has 5 levels. At level 1,
moves take only a few seconds, at level 5, moves
can take MANY minites.

If you'd like to experience it, you can load it under
my Altair simulator - available on my web site. I've
also included a scan of the documentation in the docs
section. I've also ported it to the H8 where it can be
loaded from tape (simulation also available on my site).

Dave


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