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diff --git a/noncore/games/go/README.AMIGO b/noncore/games/go/README.AMIGO new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03978e7 --- a/dev/null +++ b/noncore/games/go/README.AMIGO @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ + This is version 1.0 of AmiGo --- a Go board and player for the Amiga. +The Amiga interface and board manager were written by Todd R. Johnson. +The player is a C port of a Pascal player written by Stoney Ballard. +The interface allows you to play human vs. human, human vs. Amiga, or +Amiga vs. Amiga. + + The board manager and player could both use some work. Currently, +you cannot save/load games, take back a move, or automatically score a +game. It is also limited to a 19 by 19 board. I'm releasing AmiGo +now because 1) I'm in the final phases of my dissertation and probably +won't have much time to do any further work on AmiGo, and 2) a lot of +people have been asking for an Amiga Go player. I am also releasing +all of the source code so that others can add to and modify AmiGo. +Note that all of my code in this release is public domain, while the +ported go player retains the original copyright. + + If you distribute AmiGo, I urge you to include the source +code. If anyone makes changes, I would appreciate a copy. In fact, I +am willing to act as a clearinghouse for AmiGo changes. + +Todd R. Johnson +tj@cis.ohio-state.edu +8/8/89 + +Here is the message attached to the original USENET posting of Stoney +Ballard's Pascal code. Note that the board manager mentioned here is +not included in this distribution. + +This go board manager and rudimentary go player was written by +Stoney Ballard at Perq Systems in 1983-1984. It is written in +Perq Pascal and utilizes some Perq libraries for I/O. The code +is offered here if someone is interested to convert it to Unix. + +The wonderful part about it is that a game is recorded as a tree +and can be played forward or backward, branching at any point +where there were alternate moves. + +For some time, this program was also used to generate the go +boards displayed in the American Go Journal. For this it used +some large font digits which are now lost. + +Fred Hansen |