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Started by ev... Evan A.C. Hunt
Wed, 13 Dec 1989 19:52
Re: spacewar and TECO
Author: ev... Evan A.C. Hunt
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 19:52
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 19:52
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cos...@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) says:
>Don't know who did the first version of SpaceWar [...]
Slug Russel.
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Re: spacewar and TECO
Author: M... Michael A. Patton
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 15:19
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 15:19
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In article <80...@viscous.sco.COM> ev...@sco.COM (Evan A.C. Hunt) writes:
cos...@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) says:
>Don't know who did the first version of SpaceWar [...]
Slug Russel.
Yes. Steven R. ("Slug") Russell was only one of several people who
worked on the original PDP-1 version of spacewar. He was, however,
still in possession of some listings and was called as a witness in
some court case concerning a patent on the concept of computer arcade
games. He was used as part of the defendants claim that the patent
was invalid due to "prior art". As I recall, the court declared
spacewar a bona fide example of what the patent was to apply to and
since the listings predated the patent, it was disallowed.
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For those who are tracking sources, the above is my memory from many
personal conversations with Steve at the Tech Model Railroad Club.
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