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**[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * Compucolor Chess** || [[image:compucolor_chess_box_m.jpg link="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?c=560&st=1&id=721"]] ||~ || **Compucolor Chess**, an early chess program written in [[8080]] [[Assembly|assembly]] for the Compucolor and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compucolor_II|Compucolor II]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer|home computers]], sold on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette|cassette tapes]] <ref>[[Rob van Son]] (**2011**). //De Assyrische krijgsman die vaak won!// (Dutch) [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/10-2011,%20Rob%20van%20Son,%20De%20Assyrische%20krijgsman%20die%20vaak%20won.pdf|pdf]] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]</ref> . Compucolor Chess played the [[MCCT 1978|Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] in March 1978 in the "8K or more of memory class A" <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> . || || CompuColor Chess Box art <ref>[[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?c=560&st=1&id=721|Software detail - Chess]] from [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/default.asp|old-computers.com]]</ref> ||~ ||^ || [[toc]] =Graphics Characters= The Compucolor II had 64 special [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_character|graphics characters]] which are also available have a resolution of 384 x 256. The whole set can be seen in an accompanying photograph and they include [[Pieces#Drawing|chess pieces]] and card suits. || [[image:compucolor.JPG width="384"]] || || Compucolor II Charater set <ref>Ron de Jong (**1980**). //The Compucolor II//. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_Australia|Electronics Australia]], March, 1980, [[http://messui.the-chronicles.org/comp/compucolor.pdf|pdf]] from [[http://messui.the-chronicles.org/comp/|The MESSUI Place - Computer Articles]]</ref> || =Publications= * Editor (**1978**). //Some San Jose Color//. [[Personal Computing#2_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 9]], pp. 82 ยป [[MCCT 1978]], [[Steve Stuart Chess]] =External Links= * [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=565|CompuColor]] from [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/default.asp|old-computers.com]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compucolor_II|Compucolor II from Wikipedia]] * [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=560|CompuColor II]] from [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/default.asp|old-computers.com]] * [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?c=560&st=1&id=721|Software detail - Chess]] from [[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/default.asp|old-computers.com]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="Compucolor Chess" component="backlinks" limit="20" ]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**