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'''John T. Bell''',<br/>
an American businessman, programmer and from 1983 until 1999 operator of the home computer software developing and trading company ''EdTech Associates Inc.'',
located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland College Park, Maryland]
<ref>[https://www.mobygames.com/company/edtech-associates-inc EdTech Associates Inc.], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref>.
Along with [[David Hendricks]], John T. Bell is co-author of the early [[MS-DOS|DOS]] chess program [[EdChess]].
While David Hendricks was responsible for the chess playing algorithm, John T. Bell worked on the [[GUI|interface]] and designed the [[2D Graphics Board|chessboard]] using the [[IBM]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 special character set] <ref>[https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC - History]</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC] by [[John T. Bell]]
* [https://www.worldcat.org/title/eds-chess/oclc/31706355 Ed's chess (Computer file, 1992)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldCat WorldCat.org]
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'''John T. Bell''',<br/>
an American businessman, programmer and from 1983 until 1999 operator of the home computer software developing and trading company ''EdTech Associates Inc.'',
located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland College Park, Maryland]
<ref>[https://www.mobygames.com/company/edtech-associates-inc EdTech Associates Inc.], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref>.
Along with [[David Hendricks]], John T. Bell is co-author of the early [[MS-DOS|DOS]] chess program [[EdChess]].
While David Hendricks was responsible for the chess playing algorithm, John T. Bell worked on the [[GUI|interface]] and designed the [[2D Graphics Board|chessboard]] using the [[IBM]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 special character set] <ref>[https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC - History]</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC] by [[John T. Bell]]
* [https://www.worldcat.org/title/eds-chess/oclc/31706355 Ed's chess (Computer file, 1992)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldCat WorldCat.org]
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