Mac Hack vs CHEKMO

Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein

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Jun 30, 2024, 11:31:36 AM (4 days ago) Jun 30

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Has anyone tried to pity the PiDP-10 and the PiDP-8i against each other in chess?

What are the bets?

Cheers

HB

Tim Radde

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Jun 30, 2024, 11:43:46 AM (4 days ago) Jun 30

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I assume you mean "pty" and not "pity" as I have no idea what that would be. Wouldn't you want them to be at least running the same chess code? Don't know if that is even possible as the 8's chess fits in 4k I think?

Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein

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Jun 30, 2024, 11:55:09 AM (4 days ago) Jun 30

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No, I would want to let this chess software https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacHack

play against this chess software

https://www.pdp8online.com/games/chess.shtml

as both seem to be included in the "default" software distributions that come with the PiDP-10 (under ITS) and PiDP-8i (under OS/8) respectively. The PSP-8i is limited by memory (not sure if it can use the full memory extension of 32k words that the PiDP-8i OS/8 setup offers) but the code is newer (1970s vs 1960s).

HB

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