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As mentioned in [[Werner DePauli-Schimanovich-Göttig|Werner DePauli-Schimanovich's]] 2006 book ''Europolis 6'' <ref>[[Werner DePauli-Schimanovich-Göttig|Werner DePauli-Schimanovich]] ('''2006'''). ''[http://www.trauner.at/buchdetail.aspx?artnr=20199541 Europolis 6]''. Informatik für Spiele und Verkehr. Extension der Mengenlehre, Herausgeber: Franz Pichler, [http://www.trauner.at/Default.aspx Universitätsverlag Rudolf Trauner], ISBN 978-3-85487-946-6, (SG7) Merlin (ein ComputerChess-Programm) s. 171 (German), [http://books.google.com/books?id=Gf4WibmHVbcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&source=bl&ots=YPtaHAp3Z4&sig=DNRPh11heo8Q1zS3UOBe0qoCF-8&hl=en&ei=0GmnTMX1GMfJswaL-NivDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]</ref> and the reprinted paper ''Das Schachprogramm Merlin ...'' by [[Helmut Horacek]] and [[Marcus Wagner]] <ref>[[Helmut Horacek]], [[Marcus Wagner]] ('''1981'''). ''Das Schachprogramm Merlin, Verbesserung von Laufzeit-Effizient, Eröffnungsbibliothek und Bewertungsfunktion.'' 4. Tagung "Berichte aus Informatik-Instituten" (German)</ref>, Merlin was initially based on the didactic program [[Chess 0.5]] by [[Larry Atkin]] and [[Peter W. Frey]], as published 1978 in [[Byte Magazine]], also written in [[Pascal]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fea055cbb3 The 6th World Computer Chess Championship, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1989_WCCC/1989%20WCCC.062302028.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> except some time critical, often called routines, which were re-written in [[Assembly|CDC assembly]] by Wagner.

DePauli-Schimanovich further mentions the problems Wagner had in maintaining and testing Merlin at the university [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center data center]. Merlin often crashed the standard editor and operating system of the [[CDC Cyber|CDC Cyber 73]], and Wagner got the hell from the head of interdisciplinary practical, [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Vinek Günther Vinek], who obviously was not a computer chess supporter ...

... opposed to Schimanovich, or Kaindl's advisor [[Wilhelm Barth]], a computer chess programmer himself. According to DePauli-Schimanovich, Vinek's attitude was not conducive to Wagner's further studying at the TU.

<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf [ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)]</ref>* [[Helmut Horacek]], [[Marcus Wagner]] ('''1981'''). ''Das Schachprogramm Merlin, Verbesserung von Laufzeit-Effizient, Eröffnungsbibliothek und Bewertungsfunktion.'' 4. Tagung "Berichte aus Informatik-Instituten" (German) <ref>[[Werner DePauli-Schimanovich-Göttig|Werner DePauli-Schimanovich]] ('''2006'''). ''[http://www.trauner.at/buchdetail.aspx?artnr=20199541 Europolis 6]''. Informatik für Spiele und Verkehr. Extension der Mengenlehre, Herausgeber: Franz Pichler, [http://www.trauner.at/Default.aspx Universitätsverlag Rudolf Trauner], ISBN 978-3-85487-946-6, (SG7) Merlin (ein ComputerChess-Programm) s. 171 (German), [http://books.google.com/books?id=Gf4WibmHVbcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&source=bl&ots=YPtaHAp3Z4&sig=DNRPh11heo8Q1zS3UOBe0qoCF-8&hl=en&ei=0GmnTMX1GMfJswaL-NivDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]</ref>