David Horne

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David R. Horne,

a British inventor [1], former programmer, and chess programmer. In the early 1980s, David Horne wrote 1K ZX Chess, one of the world’s smallest chess programs, running on the unexpanded Sinclair ZX81 with only one Kib of RAM [2]. 1K ZX Chess was published in Your Computer, and commercially market by Horne himself [3] and soon by Artic Computing, also launching Horne’s Chess Tutor for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 [4].

See also#

• 1K ZX Chess
• Artic Computing
• Chess Tutor
• Sinclair ZX81
• ZX Spectrum

Selected Publications#

• David Horne (1982). Chess in 1K. Your Computer, December 1982
• David Horne (1983). ZX-81 Chess. Your Computer, January 1983
• David Horne (1983). Full ZX-81 Chess in 1K. Your Computer, February 1983

External Links#

1K ZX Chess#

• ZX81 Publisher Information for D. R. Horne
• 1K ZX81 Chess Z80 Assembly listing © Copyright David Horne

Chess Tutor#

• Chess Tutor - World of Spectrum
• Chess Tutor - Spectrum Computing

Patents#

• Horne David R, Inventor, Crowborough, GB2
• Patent US4463258 - Imaging apparatus - Google Patents
• Patent US4450479 - Thermal imaging apparatus - Google Patents

References#

1. ↑ Horne David R, Inventor, Crowborough, GB2
2. ↑ 1K ZX81 Chess Z80 Assembly listing © Copyright David Horne
3. ↑ Magazine Page Scan from World of Spectrum
4. ↑ Chess Tutor - World of Spectrum

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