Not really a question, just an observation.
I have this little chess program, a single file waxman.exe. that is only 126
kb (16 bit obviously). It seems this program plays somewhere around the
2000 ELO level at least for faster games. It has time controls, an analysis
mode, ability to edit the position, reverse colors, save games, and even a
limited opening library. Incredible that so much can be jammed into 126 kb.
My compliments to the programmer, this is truly a masterpiece IMO.
Regards,
Fred.
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Actually this program was written back in 1993. Which makes it 16-bit code.
There are no dlls with this, just the one file which I can pop onto a
diskette and run on any computer. Back then, RAM was still very expensive,
so programmers had to write clean efficient code.
> I have this little chess program, a single file waxman.exe. that is only 126
> kb (16 bit obviously). It seems this program plays somewhere around the
> 2000 ELO level at least for faster games. It has time controls, an analysis
> mode, ability to edit the position, reverse colors, save games, and even a
> limited opening library. Incredible that so much can be jammed into 126 kb.
> My compliments to the programmer, this is truly a masterpiece IMO.
Waxman is a great little program and one I interfaced with in some of my
earlier software but it doesn't play anywhere close to 2000. Still, it
certainly was well-programmed.
..Done by some fellow out of Chicago, I believe. I still use my copy from
time to time.
-Paul