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'''Kenneth L. King''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. Since the late 50s, Kenneth L. King was involved in the development of graphical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube CRT] computer displays and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design computer-aided design] (CAD) platforms. He was long time fellow of computer graphics pioneer Carl Machover <ref>Carl Machover, father of composer and innovator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Machover Tod Machover]</ref> <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9259598.htm Carl Machover, Computer Graphics Pioneer, Dies at 84], White Plains, NY (PRWEB) March 07, 2012</ref>, as they were co-founders of ''RMS Associates'' in 1960, '64 renamed to [http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Information_Displays_Inc._%28deleted_14_Aug_2008_at_11:02%29#_note-0 Information Displays, Inc.] (IDI) <ref>[http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/107462/1/oh362cm.pdf An Interview with Carl Machover (pdf)] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/pfrana Philip Frana], June 20, 2002</ref> <ref>[http://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1967/dig060767.pdf SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION - NEWS DIGEST, June 7, 1967] (pdf) INFORMATION DISPLAYS PROPOSES OFFERING</ref>.
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IDI's stand-alone CAD platform IDIIOM (IDI Input-Output Machine) included a furnished [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varian_Data_Machines Varian 620/i minicomputer] <ref>[http://www.dimka.com/daily/external-pages/spies.com-~aek-orphanage.html The Minicomputer Orphanage]</ref> <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/companies.php?alpha=t-z&company=com-42bc269415ee0 Varian Data Machines] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. IDIIOM ran a chess program developed by Kenneth L. King in collaboration with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA NASA] engineer [[Chris Daly]] within its own prototype of a [[GUI|Graphical User Interface]]. The program, later dubbed [[Daly CP]], won second place in the [[ACM 1970|First United States Computer Chess Championship]] 1970 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] <ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-0%20and%203-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%205-2.1970_ACM_70/1970_ACM.062303010.pdf Special Events for Association for Computing Machinery, 25th National Conference] (pdf), hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> <ref>[[Woodrow W. Bledsoe]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1045152&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=93686231&CFTOKEN=33609862 First U.S. computer chess tournament]''. [[ACM#SIG|ACM SIGART]] Bulletin, No. 24</ref>.
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IDIIOM playing chess <ref>[http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100488426&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=94733554&cftoken=96327999 Don Bissell] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/85.667292 Was the IDIIOM the First Stand-Alone CAD Platform?]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Annals_of_the_History_of_Computing IEEE Annals of the History of Computing], Vol. 20, No. 2, [http://www.doc88.com/p-402549057213.html from DOC88.com]</ref>
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'''Kenneth L. King''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. Since the late 50s, Kenneth L. King was involved in the development of graphical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube CRT] computer displays and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design computer-aided design] (CAD) platforms. He was long time fellow of computer graphics pioneer Carl Machover <ref>Carl Machover, father of composer and innovator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Machover Tod Machover]</ref> <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9259598.htm Carl Machover, Computer Graphics Pioneer, Dies at 84], White Plains, NY (PRWEB) March 07, 2012</ref>, as they were co-founders of ''RMS Associates'' in 1960, '64 renamed to [http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Information_Displays_Inc._%28deleted_14_Aug_2008_at_11:02%29#_note-0 Information Displays, Inc.] (IDI) <ref>[http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/107462/1/oh362cm.pdf An Interview with Carl Machover (pdf)] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/pfrana Philip Frana], June 20, 2002</ref> <ref>[http://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1967/dig060767.pdf SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION - NEWS DIGEST, June 7, 1967] (pdf) INFORMATION DISPLAYS PROPOSES OFFERING</ref>.
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=IDIIOM Chess=
IDI's stand-alone CAD platform IDIIOM (IDI Input-Output Machine) included a furnished [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varian_Data_Machines Varian 620/i minicomputer] <ref>[http://www.dimka.com/daily/external-pages/spies.com-~aek-orphanage.html The Minicomputer Orphanage]</ref> <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/companies.php?alpha=t-z&company=com-42bc269415ee0 Varian Data Machines] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. IDIIOM ran a chess program developed by Kenneth L. King in collaboration with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA NASA] engineer [[Chris Daly]] within its own prototype of a [[GUI|Graphical User Interface]]. The program, later dubbed [[Daly CP]], won second place in the [[ACM 1970|First United States Computer Chess Championship]] 1970 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] <ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-0%20and%203-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%205-2.1970_ACM_70/1970_ACM.062303010.pdf Special Events for Association for Computing Machinery, 25th National Conference] (pdf), hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> <ref>[[Woodrow W. Bledsoe]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1045152&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=93686231&CFTOKEN=33609862 First U.S. computer chess tournament]''. [[ACM#SIG|ACM SIGART]] Bulletin, No. 24</ref>.
[[FILE:IDIIOM.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|640px]]
IDIIOM playing chess <ref>[http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100488426&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=94733554&cftoken=96327999 Don Bissell] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/85.667292 Was the IDIIOM the First Stand-Alone CAD Platform?]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Annals_of_the_History_of_Computing IEEE Annals of the History of Computing], Vol. 20, No. 2, [http://www.doc88.com/p-402549057213.html from DOC88.com]</ref>
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