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'''Lawrence Jay (Larry) Krakauer''',<br/>
an American retired electrical engineer and computer scientist with a Ph.D. in the field of [[Artificial Intelligence]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in 1970 under thesis advisor [[Marvin Minsky]] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK.html Biography of Lawrence J. Krakauer]</ref>,
and former vice president of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development research and development] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Incorporated Kronos Incorporated] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/80s90s/tokronos.htm Coming to Kronos] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>.
During the late 60s at MIT, Krakauer contributed to the [[Mac Hack|Greenblatt Chess Program]] aka Mac Hack VI, in developing a [[2D Graphics Board]] for the DEC 340 display used for the main system console of the [[PDP-6]].
This constitutes likely for the first [[GUI]] of a chess program in 1968. In addition, he was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio amateur radio] operator at the time, and brought his radio [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig rig] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmitter transmitter] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receiver_%28radio%29 receiver]) in to the MIT labratory, which allowed Mac Hack VI to play a [[Charly#ETHMIT|match]] against [[Charly]] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/hamchess.htm Computer chess via ham radio] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>, a chess program developed at the [[ETH Zurich]] by [[Gerald Tripard]], [[Gerhard Rudolf]] and [[Werner Joho]] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/tripardltr.htm July 1, 2010 letter from Dr. Gerald Tripard], hosted by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>.
Krakauer maintaines a blog with interesting stories about chess, Mac Hack IV, the PDP-6, MIT and more <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/index.htm Larry's memoirs and musings]</ref>.
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=Mac Hack VI GUI=
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| [[Mac Hack|Mac Hack VI]] [[GUI]] ... <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/resign.htm I resign] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>
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| ... for the DEC 340 display <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess1.htm Chess stories] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>
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=Publications=
* [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]] ('''1971'''). ''[http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7094 Computer Analysis of Visual Properties of Curved Objects]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory#Project_MAC Project MAC], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [http://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/pubs/pdf/MIT-LCS-TR-082.pdf pdf] <ref>This report reproduces a thesis of the same title submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=61068 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Lawrence Krakauer]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/ Home page: Lawrence J. Krakauer]
: [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK.html Biography of Lawrence J. Krakauer]
: [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/whoami.htm Who am I?]
==Chess==
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/machack.htm Mac Hack VI competes] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess1.htm Chess stories] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess2.htm Chess and nim] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/resign.htm I resign] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/hamchess.htm Computer chess via ham radio] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]] » [[Mac Hack]] vs. [[Charly]]
==PDP-6==
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/moby.htm Moby Memory] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/essays/bits.htm Bits] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
==Misc==
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/index.htm Larry's memoirs and musings]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/40s50s/apple.htm The poison apple] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/hackers.htm Hackers] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/80s90s/eleven.htm Eleven] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/00s/gadgets.htm Gadgets] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/essays/poisonivy.htm Poison ivy] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_radicans Toxicodendron radicans from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/fibonacci.htm The Kronos "Fibonacci Code"] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|Krakauer]]
[[Category:Researcher|Krakauer]]
[[FILE:larry2009d.jpg|border|right|thumb|150px|link=http://ljkrakauer.com/| Lawrence J. Krakauer <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/ Home page: Lawrence J. Krakauer]</ref> ]]
'''Lawrence Jay (Larry) Krakauer''',<br/>
an American retired electrical engineer and computer scientist with a Ph.D. in the field of [[Artificial Intelligence]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in 1970 under thesis advisor [[Marvin Minsky]] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK.html Biography of Lawrence J. Krakauer]</ref>,
and former vice president of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development research and development] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Incorporated Kronos Incorporated] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/80s90s/tokronos.htm Coming to Kronos] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>.
During the late 60s at MIT, Krakauer contributed to the [[Mac Hack|Greenblatt Chess Program]] aka Mac Hack VI, in developing a [[2D Graphics Board]] for the DEC 340 display used for the main system console of the [[PDP-6]].
This constitutes likely for the first [[GUI]] of a chess program in 1968. In addition, he was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio amateur radio] operator at the time, and brought his radio [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig rig] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmitter transmitter] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receiver_%28radio%29 receiver]) in to the MIT labratory, which allowed Mac Hack VI to play a [[Charly#ETHMIT|match]] against [[Charly]] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/hamchess.htm Computer chess via ham radio] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>, a chess program developed at the [[ETH Zurich]] by [[Gerald Tripard]], [[Gerhard Rudolf]] and [[Werner Joho]] <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/tripardltr.htm July 1, 2010 letter from Dr. Gerald Tripard], hosted by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>.
Krakauer maintaines a blog with interesting stories about chess, Mac Hack IV, the PDP-6, MIT and more <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/index.htm Larry's memoirs and musings]</ref>.
<span id="DEC340"></span>
=Mac Hack VI GUI=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[FILE:machackdisplay02.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|233px|link=http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/resign.htm]]
|
| [[FILE:dec340b.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|290px|link=http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess1.htm]]
|-
| [[Mac Hack|Mac Hack VI]] [[GUI]] ... <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/resign.htm I resign] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>
|
| ... for the DEC 340 display <ref>[http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess1.htm Chess stories] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]</ref>
|}
=Publications=
* [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]] ('''1971'''). ''[http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7094 Computer Analysis of Visual Properties of Curved Objects]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory#Project_MAC Project MAC], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [http://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/pubs/pdf/MIT-LCS-TR-082.pdf pdf] <ref>This report reproduces a thesis of the same title submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=61068 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Lawrence Krakauer]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/ Home page: Lawrence J. Krakauer]
: [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK.html Biography of Lawrence J. Krakauer]
: [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/whoami.htm Who am I?]
==Chess==
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/machack.htm Mac Hack VI competes] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess1.htm Chess stories] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/chess2.htm Chess and nim] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/resign.htm I resign] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/hamchess.htm Computer chess via ham radio] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]] » [[Mac Hack]] vs. [[Charly]]
==PDP-6==
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/moby.htm Moby Memory] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/essays/bits.htm Bits] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
==Misc==
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/index.htm Larry's memoirs and musings]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/40s50s/apple.htm The poison apple] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/hackers.htm Hackers] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/80s90s/eleven.htm Eleven] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/00s/gadgets.htm Gadgets] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/essays/poisonivy.htm Poison ivy] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_radicans Toxicodendron radicans from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [http://ljkrakauer.com/fibonacci.htm The Kronos "Fibonacci Code"] by [[Lawrence J. Krakauer]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|Krakauer]]
[[Category:Researcher|Krakauer]]
