27 Jan
2011
27 Jan
'11
10:29 p.m.
On 1/27/2011 9:15 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
I've always been pretty impressed with the 1979 Atari VCS "Video Chess"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Chess). A fairly capable chess
opponent (even if it does cheat at higher skill levels :)) written in 4K
rom, with access to only 128 bytes of RAM. Not sure if it's a great
museum exhibit, but it's pretty easy to track down & set up...
- Josh
We
wouldn't be looking for just "a row of microcomputers playing chess",
we'd be looking for items of historical significance, firsts, etc. That
being said, we need items of interest to novices as well as experts.
I bet a
Commodore KIM-1 playing MicroChess would be an eye-catcher (assuming
you couldn't get a Commodore Chessmate).