Early-bird: Amiga -vs- Mac at Chess
Added 2020-02-07 04:14:40 +0000 UTCUpdated with new intro teaser and several other fixes and tweaks.
Dear Supporters
What happens when you try to use a Commodore Amiga 500 to beat a modern MacBook at chess? There's only one way to find out!
Video: https://youtu.be/qN8AbHpCRF0
As always feel free to let me know any suggestions or fixes, or if you have a better suggested title than the one that currently appears at the YouTube link. Thank you for your ongoing support! πβ
Your friend in retro, Perifractic
Comments
Ooh okay good tip! ππΉοΈ
Perifractic's Retro Recipes
2020-02-12 19:55:55 +0000 UTCIf you haven't watch the movie Computer Chess, do it. It's really strange, but also a swinging good time.
Andrew J McCarty
2020-02-12 19:33:39 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed it. I had forgotten about those machines. Thanks for sharing. So cool! ππΉοΈβ
Perifractic's Retro Recipes
2020-02-12 17:12:40 +0000 UTCWhat a nice thing to watch :-) Chess is also a hobby of mine and computer chess is a fun topic, too. I remember when I was a kid (and still as a teenager), I would go to the mall with my parents (and later alone) and play those wooden high end (dedicated) chess computers made by Mephisto (Hegener & Glaser, before they were taken over by Saitek). As vintage computers, these chess computers have a vivid fan base (look at eBay for prices of those formed high end chess computers with Motorola 680x0 CPUs...). Chess programs took over when hardware costs of PCs went down and they beat high end chess computers at ease. One of the last machines intended as high end was the Mephisto Wundermaschine which used an Intel 80486: https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Wundermaschine. The Mephisto machines (with the wooden boards) are wonderfully made, I still own 2 of them :-)
Marcus P Bu
2020-02-12 11:40:30 +0000 UTC
