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2 unusual facts about Mac Hack


Mac Hack

Mac Hack was written in MIDAS macro assembly language on the PDP-6 computer DEC donated to MIT (the first working PDP-6, serial number 2).

Mac Hack played by teletype, was ported to the PDP-10 and was the first computer chess program to be widely distributed.


Larry Kaufman

He helped write the opening book for the pioneering program Mac Hack, co-developed Socrates II and its commercial adaptation, Kasparov's Gambit, edited the journal Computer Chess Reports, and worked on many other research and commercial chess engines.


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