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=Saitek=
In 1989 or 1990, soon after Samole sold Fidelity to [[Hegener & Glaser]], Kathe and Dan Spracklen started to work for [[Eric Winkler]] and [[Saitek]], and developed a program for [[Sparc]] processors. The loss of [[Kasparov Sparc]] against [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] [[ChessMachine]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=58&round=5&id=7 Madrid 1992, Chess, Round 5, Game 7] from the [[ICGA]] [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ Tournament Database]</ref> in [[WCCC 1992|Madrid 1992]], almost ended their involvement in computer chess when they didn't win that world title <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/trustee/gardner-hendrie Gardner Hendrie] ('''2005'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-43343fb422232/ Oral History of Kathe and Dan Spracklen]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/spacklen.oral_history.2005.102630821/spracklen.oral_history_transcript.2005.102630821.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>.
=Donald Michie=
Kathleen Spracklen on [[Donald Michie]], excerpt from ''Oral History'' <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/trustee/gardner-hendrie Gardner Hendrie] ('''2005'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-43343fb422232/ Oral History of Kathe and Dan Spracklen]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/spacklen.oral_history.2005.102630821/spracklen.oral_history_transcript.2005.102630821.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>:
One of the most thrilling times of my entire life was the month that Dr. Donald Michie spent with us in San Diego. And he, of course, is - was head of the computer science department at Oxford, I believe, for decades. He was on the original team with [[Alan Turing|Turing]] that broke the Enigma code. And already he was quite an elderly gentleman when he came to work with us but that wasn't stopping him from having a very full schedule as the head of the I think it was the Turing Institute in Glasgow that headed up. Quite, totally an amazing human being.
* [[Göran Grottling]] ('''1989'''). ''Eine Lebende Legende - Ein Interview mit Kathe Spracklen''. [[Modul]] 1/89, pp. 41-45 (German),[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/03-1989,%20Modul,%20Goran%20Grottling,%20Ein%20Interview%20mit%20Kathe%20Spracklen.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
==2005==
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/trustee/gardner-hendrie Gardner Hendrie] ('''2005'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-43343fb422232/ Oral History of Kathe and Dan Spracklen]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/spacklen.oral_history.2005.102630821/spracklen.oral_history_transcript.2005.102630821.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.ismenio.com/spracklen.html Dan and Kathe Spracklen] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/search/?q=Spracklen Search the Mastering the Game exhibition and on-line collection] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [httphttps://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-43343fb422232/ Oral History of Kathleen and Danny Spracklen], March 2, 2005 by [http://www.computerhistory.org/trustee/gardner-hendrie Gardner Hendrie], [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [http://members.home.nl/matador/chess820.htm Historic Pictures] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/computer_chess.php Computer Chess] by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and Kathe Spracklen from [http://www.atariarchives.org/ AtariArchives.org - archiving vintage computer books, information, and software]
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