Re: Chess on the TI 83?


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Re: Chess on the TI 83?



Nathaniel Gibson wrote:
>
> >> Back in the early 80's when computers weren't too
> >> sophisticated - I can remember playing a chess game against a computer
that
> >> only had 16k of ram - so I know it can be done for the 83. Come on -
> >> Somebody out there must have tried this?
>
> >I think there is some confusion on the RAM on the Ti's. While it says
> >you have 27k ram free to the user(on the TI83, total is 32K of RAM),
> >this is aviable space. If such a chess program require 16k of RAM you
> >would have 27K-16K=11K of RAM left to the program file.
> >Ram on your Pc and on your TI83 is not the same. The Ti83 Ram is kinda
> >like a hard-drive and Ram. Still a good programmer should be able to
> >create a chess program :)
>
> The original author is correct... In fact, you can buy many different chess
> computers today who's internal program is only 32K (including the workspace
> for figuring out the moves). The main difference between the computers and
> a program for a calculator would be SPEED (the computers are DEDICATED to
> playing chess, the calcs are not). Even if the program is written in
> assembly, it would be almost impossible to write a program that could look
> farther ahead than about 3-4 plys (half-moves) without having to wait a
> very long time. The only possible exception may be on the TI-92, where, due
> to the faster chip, you may be able to look ahead 5-6 plys in 3-5 minutes.
>
> Nathaniel Gibson
> ngibson@postoffice.ptd.net

Just as long as this question is only along the lines of possibility,
I'd like to point out that there are several very good chess programs on
the HP48GX.

-David-


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