The dedicated chess computer thread
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:59 am
Computerchess is not alone about software,
Computerchess is also about dedicated chess computers.
In the last years computerchess invaded tablet pcs and mobile phones.
Due to the progress in hardware we have today octacore mobiles that run stockfish and other programs/apps.
But computerchess is not only about universal little computers who can run several apps/programs. There was a time when we had dedicated chess computers, who could only play chess.
Those were the days of
Spracklen, kittinger, Richard Lang, Thomas nitsche and Elmer henne, Ron Nelson and Kaare danielsen, Frans morsch, Ed Schroeder and David broughton, mark Taylor, Christian donninger and guyla horvath, Johan de Koning and Larry Atkin, Julio Kaplan and many others, who put their chess program in a tiny hardware with or without sensor chess board.
This thread is about these masterpieces of specialized jobs.
While we change mobile phones almost any 3 months, the dedicated chess computers of the 70ies and 80ies still work and run without any problems.
And while my mobile smartphone needs a new energy charging almost each night or with better phone each second evening, the dedicated chess computers often run on battery many weeks.
Today we want to discuss the upgrade of the fidelity designer 2000/2100 8bit computer into the fidelity designer Mach 2325 (Mach IV) 32 bit.
There is an upgrade possible if your machine is still working and all sensor contacts are running as they should. The motherboard gets replaced and you can buy the rare Mach IV and try it out at home.
Computerchess is also about dedicated chess computers.
In the last years computerchess invaded tablet pcs and mobile phones.
Due to the progress in hardware we have today octacore mobiles that run stockfish and other programs/apps.
But computerchess is not only about universal little computers who can run several apps/programs. There was a time when we had dedicated chess computers, who could only play chess.
Those were the days of
Spracklen, kittinger, Richard Lang, Thomas nitsche and Elmer henne, Ron Nelson and Kaare danielsen, Frans morsch, Ed Schroeder and David broughton, mark Taylor, Christian donninger and guyla horvath, Johan de Koning and Larry Atkin, Julio Kaplan and many others, who put their chess program in a tiny hardware with or without sensor chess board.
This thread is about these masterpieces of specialized jobs.
While we change mobile phones almost any 3 months, the dedicated chess computers of the 70ies and 80ies still work and run without any problems.
And while my mobile smartphone needs a new energy charging almost each night or with better phone each second evening, the dedicated chess computers often run on battery many weeks.
Today we want to discuss the upgrade of the fidelity designer 2000/2100 8bit computer into the fidelity designer Mach 2325 (Mach IV) 32 bit.
There is an upgrade possible if your machine is still working and all sensor contacts are running as they should. The motherboard gets replaced and you can buy the rare Mach IV and try it out at home.
