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John Aker [1] John L. Aker,

an American electrical engineer and consultant affiliated with Applied Concepts. Along with Applied Concepts CEO Alan Mead and others, he holds various patents [2] [3] concerning Doppler complex FFT police radar, which is now the primary business of Applied Concepts [4]. In the ’80s, Aker started programming chess, to continue the work on Boris 2.5 based on Sargon 2.5 by Kathe and Dan Spracklen. The intermediate Boris Experimental (Boris X), runner up of the WMCCC 1980, and forerunner of the Morphy program was denied to participate at the ACM 1980 after a protest filed by Kathe Spracklen causing a controversy [5]

Publications#

• Harry Shershow (1981). Two New Units In Action. Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 91 » Interview with John Aker, MCC 1980

External Links#

• Aker, John from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
• Aker, John L, Innovator,Estero, FL from PatentBuddy

References#

1. ↑ Harry Shershow (1981). Two New Units In Action. Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 91
2. ↑ John L Aker - Inventor Patent Directory, Page 1
3. ↑ 264 F3d 1326 Kustom Signals Inc v. Applied Concepts Inc John L Aker | OpenJurist
4. ↑ Welcome to Stalker Radar - The World Leader in Speed Measurement from Applied Concepts
5. ↑ Applied Concepts - Morphy Edition Master Chess (module) (pdf) by Hein Veldhuis
6. ↑ The Twelfth ACM’s North American Computer Chess Championship, pdf from The Computer History Museum
7. ↑ Chafitz Destiny from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German and English)
8. ↑ Chafitz Destiny Prodigy Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind

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