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'''Norman D. Whaland, Jr.''',<br/>
an American scientific journalist and translator of Russian and Soviet scientific and mathematical publications and books
by [[Mathematician#VAUspensky|Vladimir Andreevich Uspensky]], [[Mathematician#Dynkin|Eugene Dynkin]], Nikolai Nikolaevich Vorob'ev and others <ref>[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2012017793/ Whaland, Norman D. <nowiki>[WorldCat Identities]</nowiki>]</ref>.
Norman Whaland wrote on computer games, computer chess and chess programming, and published ''A Computer Chess Tutorial'' in [[Byte Magazine]] 1978, reprinted in [[David Levy|David Levy's]] [[Computer Chess Compendium]] <ref>[[Norman Whaland]] ('''1978'''). ''[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1978-10/1978_10_BYTE_03-10_Chess_for_the_Microcomputer#page/n167/mode/2up A Computer Chess Tutorial]''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]], Reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]</ref>.
In a letter to the editor of the VIPer newsletter about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8 CHIP-8] interpreted [[Languages|programming language]] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_1802 RCA 1802] 8-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS CMOS] microprocessor,
he mentioned using machine code and a [[Pascal]]-like language of his own invention <ref>[https://github.com/mattmikolay/viper/blob/master/volume1/issue3.pdf viper/issue3.pdf at master · mattmikolay/viper · GitHub], September 1978</ref>.
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=Selected Publications=
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1978'''). ''[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1978-10/1978_10_BYTE_03-10_Chess_for_the_Microcomputer#page/n167/mode/2up A Computer Chess Tutorial]''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]], Reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1980'''). ''What Chess Programs Don't Do (Part I)''. [[Personal Computing#4_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 10]], pp. 82
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1980'''). ''What Chess Programs Don't Do (Part II)''. [[Personal Computing#4_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 12]], pp. 77
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1981'''). ''TRS-80 - Konane''. [http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-softside-v5n3.htm SoftSide Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 03 / Issue 24], December, 1981 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dnane Kōnane from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2012017793/ Whaland, Norman D. <nowiki>[WorldCat Identities]</nowiki>]
=References=
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[[Category:Journalist|Whaland]]
'''Norman D. Whaland, Jr.''',<br/>
an American scientific journalist and translator of Russian and Soviet scientific and mathematical publications and books
by [[Mathematician#VAUspensky|Vladimir Andreevich Uspensky]], [[Mathematician#Dynkin|Eugene Dynkin]], Nikolai Nikolaevich Vorob'ev and others <ref>[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2012017793/ Whaland, Norman D. <nowiki>[WorldCat Identities]</nowiki>]</ref>.
Norman Whaland wrote on computer games, computer chess and chess programming, and published ''A Computer Chess Tutorial'' in [[Byte Magazine]] 1978, reprinted in [[David Levy|David Levy's]] [[Computer Chess Compendium]] <ref>[[Norman Whaland]] ('''1978'''). ''[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1978-10/1978_10_BYTE_03-10_Chess_for_the_Microcomputer#page/n167/mode/2up A Computer Chess Tutorial]''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]], Reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]</ref>.
In a letter to the editor of the VIPer newsletter about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8 CHIP-8] interpreted [[Languages|programming language]] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_1802 RCA 1802] 8-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS CMOS] microprocessor,
he mentioned using machine code and a [[Pascal]]-like language of his own invention <ref>[https://github.com/mattmikolay/viper/blob/master/volume1/issue3.pdf viper/issue3.pdf at master · mattmikolay/viper · GitHub], September 1978</ref>.
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=Selected Publications=
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1978'''). ''[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1978-10/1978_10_BYTE_03-10_Chess_for_the_Microcomputer#page/n167/mode/2up A Computer Chess Tutorial]''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]], Reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1980'''). ''What Chess Programs Don't Do (Part I)''. [[Personal Computing#4_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 10]], pp. 82
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1980'''). ''What Chess Programs Don't Do (Part II)''. [[Personal Computing#4_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 12]], pp. 77
* [[Norman Whaland]] ('''1981'''). ''TRS-80 - Konane''. [http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-softside-v5n3.htm SoftSide Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 03 / Issue 24], December, 1981 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dnane Kōnane from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2012017793/ Whaland, Norman D. <nowiki>[WorldCat Identities]</nowiki>]
=References=
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