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[[FILE:JohnAker.jpg|border|right|thumb|220px|link=https://archive.org/stream/PersonalComputing198102/Personal%20Computing%201981-02#page/n90/mode/1up|John Aker <ref>[[Harry Shershow]] ('''1981'''). ''Two New Units In Action''. [[Personal Computing#5_2|Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2]], pp. 91</ref> ]]
'''John L. Aker''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and consultant affiliated with [[Applied Concepts]]. Along with Applied Concepts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] [[Alan Mead]] and others, he holds various patents <ref>[http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/John_L_Aker_1.html John L Aker - Inventor Patent Directory, Page 1]</ref> <ref>[http://openjurist.org/264/f3d/1326/kustom-signals-inc-v-applied-concepts-inc-john-l-aker 264 F3d 1326 Kustom Signals Inc v. Applied Concepts Inc John L Aker | OpenJurist]</ref> concerning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_radar Doppler] complex [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Fourier_transform FFT] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_gun police radar], which is now the primary business of Applied Concepts <ref>[http://www.stalkerradar.com/ Welcome to Stalker Radar - The World Leader in Speed Measurement from Applied Concepts]</ref>. In the '80s, Aker started programming chess, to continue the work on [[Boris|Boris 2.5]] based on [[Sargon|Sargon 2.5]] by [[Kathe Spracklen|Kathe]] and [[Dan Spracklen]]. The intermediate [[Boris#X|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 [[Boris#Controversy|controversy]] <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/01-1981%20%5BE-4701%5D%20Applied%20Concepts%20-%20Morphy%20Edition%20Master%20Chess%20%28module%29.pdf Applied Concepts - Morphy Edition Master Chess (module)] (pdf) by [[Hein Veldhuis]]</ref>
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John Aker is designer of the [[Chafitz Modular Game System|Modular Game System]] aka the [[Great Game Machine]], as well author and co-author of various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] and [[Module|modules]] for these systems. He worked along with [[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]], [[Alan Mead]], [[Terry Fredrick]], and [[John Jacobs]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6ce737 The Twelfth ACM's North American Computer Chess Championship], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1981_ACM_NACCC/1981_ACM_NACCC.sm.062303017.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> on the [[Boris#X|Boris X]] and [[Morphy]] program, and the ''Destiny Prodigy'' <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Chafitz_Destiny Chafitz Destiny] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German and English)</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/destiny_prodigy.html Chafitz Destiny Prodigy Electronic Chess Computer] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>.
=Publications=
* [[Harry Shershow]] ('''1981'''). ''Two New Units In Action''. [[Personal Computing#5_2|Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2]], pp. 91 » Interview with John Aker, [[MCC 1980]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Aker,_John Aker, John] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
* [http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Aker-John-L/301762 Aker, John L, Innovator,Estero, FL] from [http://www.patentbuddy.com/home.jsf PatentBuddy]
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[[FILE:JohnAker.jpg|border|right|thumb|220px|link=https://archive.org/stream/PersonalComputing198102/Personal%20Computing%201981-02#page/n90/mode/1up|John Aker <ref>[[Harry Shershow]] ('''1981'''). ''Two New Units In Action''. [[Personal Computing#5_2|Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2]], pp. 91</ref> ]]
'''John L. Aker''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and consultant affiliated with [[Applied Concepts]]. Along with Applied Concepts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] [[Alan Mead]] and others, he holds various patents <ref>[http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/John_L_Aker_1.html John L Aker - Inventor Patent Directory, Page 1]</ref> <ref>[http://openjurist.org/264/f3d/1326/kustom-signals-inc-v-applied-concepts-inc-john-l-aker 264 F3d 1326 Kustom Signals Inc v. Applied Concepts Inc John L Aker | OpenJurist]</ref> concerning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_radar Doppler] complex [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Fourier_transform FFT] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_gun police radar], which is now the primary business of Applied Concepts <ref>[http://www.stalkerradar.com/ Welcome to Stalker Radar - The World Leader in Speed Measurement from Applied Concepts]</ref>. In the '80s, Aker started programming chess, to continue the work on [[Boris|Boris 2.5]] based on [[Sargon|Sargon 2.5]] by [[Kathe Spracklen|Kathe]] and [[Dan Spracklen]]. The intermediate [[Boris#X|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 [[Boris#Controversy|controversy]] <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/01-1981%20%5BE-4701%5D%20Applied%20Concepts%20-%20Morphy%20Edition%20Master%20Chess%20%28module%29.pdf Applied Concepts - Morphy Edition Master Chess (module)] (pdf) by [[Hein Veldhuis]]</ref>
=MGS and GGM=
John Aker is designer of the [[Chafitz Modular Game System|Modular Game System]] aka the [[Great Game Machine]], as well author and co-author of various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] and [[Module|modules]] for these systems. He worked along with [[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]], [[Alan Mead]], [[Terry Fredrick]], and [[John Jacobs]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6ce737 The Twelfth ACM's North American Computer Chess Championship], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1981_ACM_NACCC/1981_ACM_NACCC.sm.062303017.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> on the [[Boris#X|Boris X]] and [[Morphy]] program, and the ''Destiny Prodigy'' <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Chafitz_Destiny Chafitz Destiny] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German and English)</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/destiny_prodigy.html Chafitz Destiny Prodigy Electronic Chess Computer] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>.
=Publications=
* [[Harry Shershow]] ('''1981'''). ''Two New Units In Action''. [[Personal Computing#5_2|Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2]], pp. 91 » Interview with John Aker, [[MCC 1980]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Aker,_John Aker, John] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
* [http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Aker-John-L/301762 Aker, John L, Innovator,Estero, FL] from [http://www.patentbuddy.com/home.jsf PatentBuddy]
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