Details
Type
Text
Title
Greenblatt (Richard) Oral History
Contributor
| Greenblatt, Richard, Interviewee |
| Hendrie, Gardner, Cameraperson |
| Hendrie, Gardner, Interviewer |
Publisher
Computer History Museum
Date
2005-01-12
Place of Publication
Boston, Mass.
Extent
56 p.
Description
Richard Greenblatt, an MIT programmer and accomplished chess player developed the MacHack VI program for the DEC PDP-6 computer, which played at a level far above its predecessors. In 1967 it was the first computer to play against a person in a chess tournament and earned a rating of 1400, the level of a good high-school player.
Category
Transcript
Subject
Greenblatt, Richard; MacHack VI; LMI; LISP machine; model railroad club; chess software; MIT
Collection Title
Oral Histories Online
Accession Number
102657935
