From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] VCF East
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 22:48:36 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKzdPgy4hjpwOgqyZshnzu1ZH2yMFXTLue=tKNocOO84JRYBCg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190512123644.DEF3721C9A@orac.inputplus.co.uk>
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Ken tells me (and I now remember) that the photo in the article was of a
sort of input device, a board built by Dave Hagelbarger that sensed where
the pieces were so could digitize moves.
-rob
On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 10:44 PM Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> > >
> https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/in-1983-this-bell-labs-computer-was-the-first-machine-to-become-a-chess-master
> >
> > That photo is not Belle, or at least not the Belle machine that the
> > article is about. Belle is in a white wooden box about the size of a
> > bar fridge, with a stylized blue and gold logo on the side.
>
> Here's a picture that matches.
> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=23230
>
> The one in the article seems to come from
> http://www.peteradamsphoto.com/belle-chess-machine/
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-13 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-07 12:50 John P. Linderman
2019-05-07 14:17 ` Dan Cross
2019-05-07 14:33 ` David
2019-05-12 8:07 ` Arno Griffioen
2019-05-12 12:09 ` Rob Pike
2019-05-12 12:36 ` Ralph Corderoy
2019-05-13 12:48 ` Rob Pike [this message]
2019-05-13 16:26 ` Jon Steinhart
2019-05-07 16:51 ` arnold
2019-05-07 17:04 ` Anthony Martin
2019-05-10 4:45 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2019-05-07 16:32 Noel Chiappa
2019-05-07 16:36 ` Angelo Papenhoff
2019-05-14 13:41 Doug McIlroy
2019-05-14 19:36 ` Ralph Corderoy
2019-05-14 21:01 ` Jon Steinhart
2019-05-14 21:48 ` Rob Pike
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