Computer History Museum

Greenblatt, Richard oral history

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.

Item Details

Date
2005-01-12 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102657935
Other identifying number
OHP 123 (OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER)
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Gardner Hendrie (Videographer)
Gardner Hendrie (Interviewer)
Richard Greenblatt (Interviewee)
Category
Transcript
Extent
55 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/MA/Boston
Language
English
Acquisition number
X3056.2005
Subject
MIT
Archive collection
CHM Oral History collection
Archive hierarchy
Oral History collection