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an American [|Information technology consultant] and developer, in the 70s and 80s incorporating //David B. Goodrich & Associates Inc.//, and //Product Development Associates, Inc.//, both located in [|Largo, Florida]. In 1976, //Data Cash Systems Inc.//, a Florida Corporation commissioned //D. B. Goodrich and Associates// to design and develop a computer program for a computerized chess game. The //Data Cash Systems// chess computer called CompuChess was released in Autumn 1977. It was therefor the second commercial dedicated chess computer in the Computer Chess history, short after the Chess Challenger 1 by Ron Nelson and Sidney Samole of Fidelity Electronics.
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=Cloned= The //Goodrich & Associates// developed CompuChess program was later copied without permission. Novag's first chess computer, the Chess Champion MK I released in September 1978, market in the US as Novag licensees JS&A Chess Computer, contained an exact copy of the CompuChess ROM for the Fairchild F8 processor. Mike Watters' article in [|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] gives further details, as well the notes of the //Data Cash Systems vs JS&A// court case in 1979 :

=External Links=
 * [|Goodrich, David B - Profile on CorporationWiki.com]
 * [|D.B. Goodrich & Associates, Inc. Company Profile on CorporationWiki.com]
 * [|CompuChess] from [|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]
 * [|Scisys and Novag : The Early Years] from [|Chess Computer UK] by Mike Watters

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