IBM 704 Computer Chess From 1959 Youtube

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brianr
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IBM 704 Computer Chess From 1959 Youtube

Post by brianr »

Has it really been more than 50 years?

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Re: IBM 704 Computer Chess From 1959 Youtube

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brianr wrote:Has it really been more than 50 years?

That was neat. A billion calculations per day. People thought that was awesome back then. :)
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Re: IBM 704 Computer Chess From 1959 Youtube

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That led me to see this vid. It is a Pepsi commercial with Kasparov in it that involves a chess playing computer. Never saw this before, but I got a big laugh out of it just now.