Year? Edward Franks wrote: > > Fire in the Valley by Freiberger and Swaine mentions a backgammon game > (pg 63, Collector's Edition hardcover), but no details on if that game > was ever sold. A number of the early games were used to demonstrate > the early hardware. > > The first game I can see listed in the book as being sold is a chess > program -- MicroChess -- by a guy name Peter Jennings (not related to > the news anchor). The book states the game sold for $10, including a > fifteen page manual (with source code) for the KIM-1 micro. > Ironically, that game lead to the creation a company called Personal > Software. The money from MicroChess paid for the marketing of > VisiCalc... > > This will teach me to go look in my reference books _first_. ;-) > > -- > > Edward Franks > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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