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[[FILE:PeterJennings.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-4334404555680/|Peter Jennings <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-4334404555680/ Oral History of Peter Jennings], February 1, 2005 by [http://www.sellam.com/ Sellam Ismail], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''Peter R. Jennings''',<br/>
a Canadian (born in England) <ref>[http://www.sellam.com/ Sellam Ismail] ('''2005'''). ''Oral History of Peter Jennings''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/jennings.oral_history.2005.102630656/jennings.oral_history_transcrit.2005.102630656.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> physicist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdiscipline interdiscipline scientist], inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, businessman, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragliding paraglider]. He studied [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics mathematics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics physics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_art fine art], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy philosophy], [[Psychology|psychology]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance finance] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing marketing], and received a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts MA] in physics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University SUNY Stony Brook University] in 1972, and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration MBA] in finance and marketing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMaster_University McMaster University] in 1974 <ref>[http://www.benlo.com/peterjennings.html Are you the Peter Jennings I know?]</ref>.
=Chess=
Peter Jennings is author of the first commercially successful chess program for microcomputers in 1976, [[MicroChess]] for the [[KIM-1]] [[6502]]-based microcomputer <ref>[[Peter Jennings]] ('''1976'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d8478 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_%20Manual_for_6502.Micro-Ware/MicroChessManual.PETER_JENNINGS.062303071.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. In 1977 MicroChess was ported to [[8080]]/[[Z80]]-based microcomputers <ref>[[Peter Jennings]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fe976ea550 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_Manual_for_8080/Microchess_for_8080_062302029.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>, such as the [[TRS-80]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-431e1a0807480 Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer], 1976, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]] and [http://www.digibarn.com/ Digibarn], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. Based on MicroChess 1.5, Jennings further created the programs for the [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated]] [[6502|6504]] based [[Commodore ChessMate]] (1978) and [[Novag]] [[Chess Champion MK II]] (1979) <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html Scisys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=VisiCalc=
In 1976, Peter Jennings co-founded ''Personal Software'' which became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCorp VisiCorp], and was involved in the creation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc VisiCalc], the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet spreadsheet program]. Notably, MicroChess sales helped to finance the development of VisiCalc <ref>[http://www.benlo.com/visicalc/index.html VisiCalc - The Early History] by [[Peter Jennings]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.benlo.com/visicalc/visicalc2.html VisiCalc 1979 - VisiCorp] by [[Peter Jennings]]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[MicroChess]]
* [[Chess Champion MK II]]
* [[Commodore Chessmate]]
=Publications=
<ref>[http://www.devili.iki.fi/library/author/1561.en.html Peter R. Jennings Magazine articles]</ref>
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1976'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d8478 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_%20Manual_for_6502.Micro-Ware/MicroChessManual.PETER_JENNINGS.062303071.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fe976ea550 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_Manual_for_8080/Microchess_for_8080_062302029.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1978'''). ''The Second World Computer Chess Championships''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE301|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1]] » [[WCCC 1977]]
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1978'''). ''Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE303|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3]] » [[MicroChess]], [[Dark Horse]]
* [http://www.sellam.com/ Sellam Ismail] ('''2005'''). ''Oral History of Peter Jennings''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/jennings.oral_history.2005.102630656/jennings.oral_history_transcrit.2005.102630656.pdf pdf] and [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/related_materials/oral-history/jennings.oral_history.2005.102630656/index.php?iid=orl-4334404555680 Video] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
=External Links=
* [http://benlo.com/ Benlo Park - Peter’s personal web site]
: [http://www.benlo.com/peterjennings.html Are you the Peter Jennings I know?]
: [http://benlo.com/microchess/index.html Microchess]
: [http://nomadness.benlo.com/ Peter's Paragliding Nomadness] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragliding Paragliding from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/kim-1/peter-jennings/page_01.htm DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts]
* [http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/microchess/index.html DigiBarn Games: MicroChess 1.5 on the TRS-80 Model 1]
=References=
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[[FILE:PeterJennings.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-4334404555680/|Peter Jennings <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/orl-4334404555680/ Oral History of Peter Jennings], February 1, 2005 by [http://www.sellam.com/ Sellam Ismail], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''Peter R. Jennings''',<br/>
a Canadian (born in England) <ref>[http://www.sellam.com/ Sellam Ismail] ('''2005'''). ''Oral History of Peter Jennings''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/jennings.oral_history.2005.102630656/jennings.oral_history_transcrit.2005.102630656.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> physicist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdiscipline interdiscipline scientist], inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, businessman, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragliding paraglider]. He studied [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics mathematics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics physics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_art fine art], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy philosophy], [[Psychology|psychology]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance finance] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing marketing], and received a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts MA] in physics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University SUNY Stony Brook University] in 1972, and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration MBA] in finance and marketing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMaster_University McMaster University] in 1974 <ref>[http://www.benlo.com/peterjennings.html Are you the Peter Jennings I know?]</ref>.
=Chess=
Peter Jennings is author of the first commercially successful chess program for microcomputers in 1976, [[MicroChess]] for the [[KIM-1]] [[6502]]-based microcomputer <ref>[[Peter Jennings]] ('''1976'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d8478 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_%20Manual_for_6502.Micro-Ware/MicroChessManual.PETER_JENNINGS.062303071.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. In 1977 MicroChess was ported to [[8080]]/[[Z80]]-based microcomputers <ref>[[Peter Jennings]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fe976ea550 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_Manual_for_8080/Microchess_for_8080_062302029.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>, such as the [[TRS-80]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-431e1a0807480 Microchess running on Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer], 1976, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]] and [http://www.digibarn.com/ Digibarn], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. Based on MicroChess 1.5, Jennings further created the programs for the [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated]] [[6502|6504]] based [[Commodore ChessMate]] (1978) and [[Novag]] [[Chess Champion MK II]] (1979) <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html Scisys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=VisiCalc=
In 1976, Peter Jennings co-founded ''Personal Software'' which became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCorp VisiCorp], and was involved in the creation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc VisiCalc], the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet spreadsheet program]. Notably, MicroChess sales helped to finance the development of VisiCalc <ref>[http://www.benlo.com/visicalc/index.html VisiCalc - The Early History] by [[Peter Jennings]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.benlo.com/visicalc/visicalc2.html VisiCalc 1979 - VisiCorp] by [[Peter Jennings]]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[MicroChess]]
* [[Chess Champion MK II]]
* [[Commodore Chessmate]]
=Publications=
<ref>[http://www.devili.iki.fi/library/author/1561.en.html Peter R. Jennings Magazine articles]</ref>
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1976'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d8478 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_%20Manual_for_6502.Micro-Ware/MicroChessManual.PETER_JENNINGS.062303071.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fe976ea550 MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer]''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/4-1.MicroChess_Manual_for_8080/Microchess_for_8080_062302029.sm.pdf pdf], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1978'''). ''The Second World Computer Chess Championships''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE301|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1]] » [[WCCC 1977]]
* [[Peter Jennings]] ('''1978'''). ''Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE303|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3]] » [[MicroChess]], [[Dark Horse]]
* [http://www.sellam.com/ Sellam Ismail] ('''2005'''). ''Oral History of Peter Jennings''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/jennings.oral_history.2005.102630656/jennings.oral_history_transcrit.2005.102630656.pdf pdf] and [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/related_materials/oral-history/jennings.oral_history.2005.102630656/index.php?iid=orl-4334404555680 Video] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
=External Links=
* [http://benlo.com/ Benlo Park - Peter’s personal web site]
: [http://www.benlo.com/peterjennings.html Are you the Peter Jennings I know?]
: [http://benlo.com/microchess/index.html Microchess]
: [http://nomadness.benlo.com/ Peter's Paragliding Nomadness] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragliding Paragliding from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/kim-1/peter-jennings/page_01.htm DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts]
* [http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/microchess/index.html DigiBarn Games: MicroChess 1.5 on the TRS-80 Model 1]
=References=
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