Hello Nick & All

An interesting find Nick.
This one had escaped my Timeline up to now.

When SciSys/Saitek programmer Craig Barnes contributed a few posts to the HIARCS forum in 2010 he mentioned that he had a Kasparov Advanced Talking Chess - HIARCS Chess Forums :: View topic - list of our chess computers , let's share it

Perhaps he would also know more about its origins? He left an email address.

As to whether the Spracklens were 100% responsible for the Sparc I don't know. They started on the project in early 1990 and the Sparc was not released for sale until autumn 1993. They struggled to produce a program strong enough to compete with the top machines of the day. Through the three years it was reported more than once that they were no longer working on it. Meanwhile Morsch signed up with Saitek in 1991 and De Koning did the Risc 2500 for them in 1992. Just speculating but perhaps Craig Barnes and De Koning had a hand in the Sparc?

How about a nice game of chess?
Mike