John F. White,
a British multiple author 1, computer consultant and programmer. Fascinated by the later Roman Empire, especially Aurelian's achievements, he researched and wrote his own account 2. He is co-programmer of the popular computer Latin translator Blitz Latin 3 and programmer of Frankfurt Goethe University's inscription search engine 4. He lives in Wokingham, England 5.
Querg
As former chess programmer John F. White wrote a series of chess programs in the 80s, called by the generic name Querg, all implemented in 6502 assembly to run on an 64K Atari 130XE 6. In his second ICCA Journal article he describes how to store and retrieve moves of an opening book 7.
Selected Publications
- John F. White (1981). Survey-Chess Games. Your Computer, August/September 1981 9
- John F. White (1981). J-Checkers-Game of Strategy. Your Computer, October 1981
- John F. White (1981). Chess-End-Game. Your Computer, December 1981 » Endgame
- John F. White (1982). Review-Morphy V Champion. Your Computer, January 1982
- John F. White (1982). Chess-Book Openings. Your Computer, February 1982 » Opening Book
- John F. White (1982). Review-Chess Computers. Your Computer, March 1982
- John F. White (1982). Chess-Piecing Together The Best Moves. Your Computer, May 1982
- John F. White (1988). Querg Chess. ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3
- John F. White (1990). The Amateur's Book-Opening Routine. ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1 » Opening Book
External Links
References
John F. White (2006). Restorer of the World: The Roman Emperor Aurelian. Spellmount↩︎
John F. White (2016). Blitz Latin Revisited. Journal of Classics Teaching, Vol. 16, No. 32↩︎
[http://www.peakfestival.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?searchtype=author&searchtext=White+John+F. White John F. countrybookshop.co.uk]↩︎
John F. White (1988). Querg Chess. ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3↩︎
John F. White (1990). The Amateur's Book-Opening Routine. ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1↩︎