IBM programmer Alex Bernstein
Title:
IBM programmer Alex Bernstein
Date:
1958
Credit Line:
IBM programmer Alex Bernstein
Accession:
L02645391
Description:
IBM programmer Alex Bernstein playing his chess program at the console of the 704 mainframe. Bernstein told the computer what move to make by flipping the switches on the front panel. The program took about eight minutes to calculate each move.