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Yes! I notice you didn't fall for me asking you to pick the Nelson program. I think you knew where I would be heading.... regards
I am not avoiding the question
i simply dont want to speculate..we have tons of wild speculation here as it is
my only contribution to this issue is a factual conversation i had with Nelson
regarding a specific computer
you know Nick
i wish i had taken copious notes back then when i was in contact with Nelson
the conversations were always very informal and casual
little did i know how years later his name would be dragged through the mud
how he and i would be accused of lying or exaggerating or worse
and now..not even making a "famous list"
its a travesty i tell you...
you know Nick
i wish i had taken copious notes back then when i was in contact with Nelson
the conversations were always very informal and casual
little did i know how years later his name would be dragged through the mud
how he and i would be accused of lying or exaggerating or worse
and now..not even making a the "famous list"
its a travesty i tell you...
J/K Regards
Steve
Hi Steve,
Ron Nelson will always be famous, no one can take that away from him.
1) First dedicated chess computer.
2) First fully playable dedicated chess computer
3) Unbelievable creativity and designs with Fidelity.
4) When everyone else went down Excalibur kept going and providing at least some interesting computers.
I don't think his place in history will ever change. All we are talking about here and trying to identify is the actual chess program author and fill in some historical gaps under Excalibur and for that matter Krypton and CXG. I am not rewriting his legacy and neither do I ever want to do that.
Best regards
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you know Nick
i wish i had taken copious notes back then when i was in contact with Nelson
the conversations were always very informal and casual
little did i know how years later his name would be dragged through the mud
how he and i would be accused of lying or exaggerating or worse
and now..not even making a "famous list"
its a travesty i tell you...
J/K Regards
Steve
Nobody, dear Steve, is dragging Ron trough the mud. Nobody forget his accomplishments. Neither is he blamed of lying.
But it would be human if he exaggerated a bit.
I mean, perhaps he programmed the machine to say "hello" and then lets other to think he created everything.
But I am prepared to accept a full role of Nelson in Alexandra kind of machine. And I still believe he took some parts of old Spracklen code to get the job done.
I am not kidding.
Ron was and perhaps still is an old, bastardy rogue of the worst kind.....He did not even programmed Chess Challenger 1, but his sister. And later as chief engineer he only designed the card box of the machines
I am not kidding.
Ron was and perhaps still is an old, bastardy rogue of the worst kind.....He did not even programmed Chess Challenger 1, but his sister. And later as chief engineer he only designed the card box of the machines
I am not kidding.
Ron was and perhaps still is an old, bastardy rogue of the worst kind.....He did not even programmed Chess Challenger 1, but his sister. And later as chief engineer he only designed the card box of the machines
history will be fully known regards
Fern
You mean Kathe is his sister?
Well, I did not want to go further, but it looks like there was a secretive life of all this people. They have told me that Dan had a liassion with Samole.
the VERY FIRST written review of a commercially available dedicated chess computer was by Fischer in his review of the Chess Challenger 1
the review was published in May 1977 in the short-lived "Computer Chess Newletter"
David Levy contributed an article in a later issue
in the article Fischer mentions his recent 3 game match against the Greenblatt program and his recent purchase of the CC1
the article is extremely rare and "Fischer memorabilia " collectors have offered me 10's of thousands of dollars for it
Steve B wrote:Speaking of Ron Nelson and Bobby Fischer...
the VERY FIRST written review of a commercially available dedicated chess computer was by Fischer in his review of the Chess Challenger 1
the review was published in May 1977 in the short-lived "Computer Chess Newletter"
David Levy contributed an article in a later issue
in the article Fischer mentions his recent 3 game match against the Greenblatt program and his recent purchase of the CC1
the article is extremely rare and "Fischer memorabilia " collectors have offered me 10's of thousands of dollars for it
What a great read Steve and yes thanks for sharing love the way he held no punches about the skill of the CC1. A nice thing to own that will only go up in value as time goes on.
