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		Peter R. Jennings, a Canadian (born in England) [1] physicist, interdiscipline scientist, inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, businessman, and paraglider. He studied mathematics, physics, fine art, philosophy, psychology, finance and marketing, and received a MA in physics from SUNY Stony Brook University in 1972, and a MBA in finance and marketing McMaster University in 1974 [2].
Peter Jennings [3]

Chess

Peter Jennings is author of the first commercially successful chess program for microcomputers in 1976, MicroChess for the KIM-1 6502-based microcomputer ^[4]. In 1977 MicroChess was ported to 8080/Z80-based microcomputers ^[5], such as the TRS-80 ^[6]. Based on MicroChess 1.5, Jennings further created the programs for the dedicated 6504 based Commodore ChessMate (1978) and Novag Chess Champion MK II (1979) ^[7].

VisiCalc

In 1976, Peter Jennings co-founded Personal Software which became VisiCorp, and was involved in the creation of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program. Notably, MicroChess sales helped to finance the development of VisiCalc ^{[8] [9]}.

See also

• MicroChess
• Chess Champion MK II
• Commodore Chessmate

Publications

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• Peter Jennings (1976). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
• Peter Jennings (1977). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
• Peter Jennings (1978). The Second World Computer Chess Championships. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1 » WCCC 1977
• Peter Jennings (1978). Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3 » MicroChess, Dark Horse
• Sellam Ismail (2005). Oral History of Peter Jennings. pdf and Video from The Computer History Museum

External Links

• Benlo Park - Peter’s personal web site
  Are you the Peter Jennings I know?
  Microchess
  Peter's Paragliding Nomadness ^[11]
• DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts
• DigiBarn Games: MicroChess 1.5 on the TRS-80 Model 1
• Peter Jennings - LinkedIn
• Search Peter Jennings from Mastering the Game exhibition from The Computer History Museum
  Oral History of Peter Jennings, February 1, 2005 by Sellam Ismail, The Computer History Museum

References

1. ^ Sellam Ismail (2005). Oral History of Peter Jennings. pdf from The Computer History Museum
   
2. ^ Are you the Peter Jennings I know?
3. ^ Oral History of Peter Jennings, February 1, 2005 by Sellam Ismail, The Computer History Museum
4. ^ Peter Jennings (1976). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
   
5. ^ Peter Jennings (1977). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
6. ^ Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer, 1976, Courtesy of Peter Jennings and Digibarn, The Computer History Museum
7. ^ Scisys and Novag : The Early Years from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
8. ^ VisiCalc - The Early History by Peter Jennings
9. ^ VisiCalc 1979 - VisiCorp by Peter Jennings
10. ^ Peter R. Jennings Magazine articles
11. ^ Paragliding from Wikipedia

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