Chess Computer Vintage (Hardware and Software)

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Cool. I had the pleasure to participate in den haag Aegon tournament, sofia polgar and bronstein, with CSTal and mchess / marty hirsch played piano like today on youtube,

You picture has the turbo kit.

The accelerator card build a faster 6502 cpu with ic‘s.

So 16-20 mhz was possible.
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mclane wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:34 pm Cool. I had the pleasure to participate in den haag Aegon tournament, sofia polgar and bronstein, with CSTal and mchess / marty hirsch played piano like today on youtube,

You picture has the turbo kit.

The accelerator card build a faster 6502 cpu with ic‘s.

So 16-20 mhz was possible.
The flat cable had interferences and was unable to connect. My friend Luciano solved the issue packing it with cooking aluminium paper.

It worked for the whole exhibition :D
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This thread has inspired an article in Chessbase - link. :D
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towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:05 pm This thread has inspired an article in Chessbase - link. :D
I bet I know who the author is ... :D
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towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:05 pm This thread has inspired an article in Chessbase - link. :D
I hope that they don't want to sell this incredible open source virtual machine as their next own new product, too :lol:
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On a side note, these two are currently playing! :D TC: 40 Moves in 2 Hours.

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My first computer was SciSys Explorer with full 256 bytes RAM! http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/explorer_chess.html. Next Novag Constellation. It was really strong and good looking. And last either Novag Forte B or Mephisto Mondial don't remember sure. From 1990 only PC software.
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AlexChess wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:23 pm
towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:05 pm This thread has inspired an article in Chessbase - link. :D
I hope that they don't want to sell this incredible open source virtual machine as their next own new product, too :lol:

:lol:
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towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:00 pm
AlexChess wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:23 pm
towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:05 pm This thread has inspired an article in Chessbase - link. :D
I hope that they don't want to sell this incredible open source virtual machine as their next own new product, too :lol:

:lol:
Really people! Just wait for Fritz 18, I am sure it should have all these ROMS playable from their new drop down menu with no installation required at a price of $99 USD. :D
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AdminX wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:22 pm
towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:00 pm
AlexChess wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:23 pm
towforce wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:05 pm This thread has inspired an article in Chessbase - link. :D
I hope that they don't want to sell this incredible open source virtual machine as their next own new product, too :lol:

:lol:
Really people! Just wait for Fritz 18, I am sure it should have all these ROMS playable from their new drop down menu with no installation required at a price of $99 USD. :D
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