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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: The Game of Chess - Summary
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Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 18:57:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 24 18:57:28 1987
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>Actually it wasn't the V7 chess program that got into trouble with
>export control, it was Ken Thompson's special chess machine (Belle,
>think that is the program though) with hardware assist.

Actually, although I no longer remember all of the details, it wasn't
Ken's custom hardware at all that was the problem.  Things like the
HP terminal that went with it were on the list, though.

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