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**8080 Chess**, a chess program by [[Robert Arnstein]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-100_bus|S-100 bus]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer|microcomputers]], consisted of the pins of the [[Intel]] [[8080]] run out onto the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backplane|backplane]]. It was commercially marketed in the 70s by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_Technology|Processor Technology Corporation]]. The 8080 Chess manual is still available online. 8080 Chess was the first microcomputer to participate in an [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]], the [[ACM 1977]] <ref>[[http://www.lkessler.com/brutefor.shtml|A Memorial to BRUTE FORCE]] by [[Louis Kessler]]</ref>. It further played the [[MCCT 1978|Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] in March 1978 <ref>[[Larry Wagner]] (**1978**). //Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament//. [[http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281|Silicon Gulch Gazette]], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9</ref>.

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|| 8080 Chess Display <ref>//Processor Technology 8080 CHESS User's Manual//. [[http://www.sol20.org/manuals/chess.pdf|pdf]], [[http://www.imsai.net/support/processor_tech/chess.pdf|pdf]]</ref> ||

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460936|For Chess Archivist]] by [[Joshua Shriver]], [[CCC]], November 10, 2005
> [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460954|Re: For Chess Archivist]] by [[Carey Bloodworth|Carey]], [[CCC]], November 10, 2005

=External Links=
* [[http://web.archive.org/web/20071221115817/http://classicchess.googlepages.com/Chess.htm|Classic Computer Chess - ... The programs of yesteryear]] by [[Carey Bloodworth|Carey]], hosted by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive|Internet Archive]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56938&start=2|Re: Old programs CHAOS and USC]] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2015</ref>

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