Noel Chiappa wrote: > > it was AI rather than MC. As I'm sure you know, AI had the Rubin > > 10-11 interface > > Really? (I expect you're correct, mind.) I just remember one day MC > wasn't running as normal, and I was told it was because CHEOPS was in > some tournament, and MC had been taken offline so that it could focus > on the game. So I assumed CHEOPS was connected to MC (and had indeed > wondered why/how, when I wrote that message, with the Rubin interface > being on AI).
The MaHack sources seem to say it was made to run on the KL10 out of timesharing, so I suppose the intent was to really have the full machine dedicated to chess. I hope it did well! > It was pretty early, but I guess the CHAOSNET was already running > then. My guess is that AI didn't do much but act as a communication > node between CHEOPS and MC, for that. I think that's correct.