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Peter Jennings [1] Peter R. Jennings,

a Canadian (born in England) [2] physicist, interdiscipline scientist, inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, businessman, and paraglider. He studied mathematics, physics, fine art, philosophy, psychology, finance and marketing, and received a MA in physics from SUNY Stony Brook University in 1972, and a MBA in finance and marketing McMaster University in 1974 [3].

VisiCalc#

In 1976, Peter Jennings co-founded Personal Software which became VisiCorp, and was involved in the creation of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program. Notably, MicroChess sales helped to finance the development of VisiCalc [8] [9].

See also#

• MicroChess
• Chess Champion MK II
• Commodore Chessmate

Publications#

[10]

• Peter Jennings (1976). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
• Peter Jennings (1977). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
• Peter Jennings (1978). The Second World Computer Chess Championships. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1 » WCCC 1977
• Peter Jennings (1978). Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3 » MicroChess, Dark Horse
• Sellam Ismail (2005). Oral History of Peter Jennings. pdf and Video from The Computer History Museum

External Links#

• Benlo Park - Peter’s personal web site

Are you the Peter Jennings I know? Microchess Peter’s Paragliding Nomadness [11]

• DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts
• DigiBarn Games: MicroChess 1.5 on the TRS-80 Model 1

References#

1. ↑ Oral History of Peter Jennings, February 1, 2005 by Sellam Ismail, The Computer History Museum
2. ↑ Sellam Ismail (2005). Oral History of Peter Jennings. pdf from The Computer History Museum
3. ↑ Are you the Peter Jennings I know?
4. ↑ Peter Jennings (1976). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
5. ↑ Peter Jennings (1977). MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer. pdf, Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
6. ↑ Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer, 1976, Courtesy of Peter Jennings and Digibarn, The Computer History Museum
7. ↑ Scisys and Novag : The Early Years from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
8. ↑ VisiCalc - The Early History by Peter Jennings
9. ↑ VisiCalc 1979 - VisiCorp by Peter Jennings
10. ↑ Peter R. Jennings Magazine articles
11. ↑ Paragliding from Wikipedia

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