Chess

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 -- dave06a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/index.html