[net.games.go] Any experience of Microgo 1?

asw@rlvd.UUCP (Antony Williams) (09/02/85)

On February 28, 1985, Computing Magazine in the UK carried an article
about a go program called Microgo 1 written by Allan Scarff.
This was said to be available on Acorn and Commodore PCs, and Scarff
was hoping to sell into the Japanese market.  Has anyone seen this program?

ajl@rlvd.UUCP (Tony Lucas) (09/03/85)

If this is the GO program sold by Acornsoft then I have a copy.   It plays
on a 13x13 board, is very fast but not very subtle.
I would rate it as better than a novice (i.e me) but not much better.   I do
not think it contains any of the "vision" techniques suggested by researchers.