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Subject: Re: Dedicated Chess Computers, Mephisto

Author: John Coffey

Date: 16:27:10 02/01/99

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On February 01, 1999 at 17:02:45, Charlie GOLD wrote:

>
>     Portable II, 1982 is a hand-held, mains/batteries operated key-in with
>infinite levels of play, take back all moves, hint, show move, force move, time
>and evaluations by an LED Screen. It can be hooked to the auto-sensory, wood
>board with wood pieces(there is a led on every square)-the ESB 3000 or the ESB
>6000. They both have drawer for the pieces and the portable. ROM: 16K, RAM: 2K,
>MHz: 2
>     Portable III, 1983 is an update of the II above...but it is actually
>weaker. It has all the features of the II.
>     MM III, 1984 is a module/cartridge that will fit in any of 3 boards:
>Plastic Modular-batteries/mains, press-sensory, medium wood board(Exclusive),..
>and the large wood board(Munich). They both operate on mains and are
>auto-sensory with wood pieces. ROM: 32K, RAM: 4K, MHz: 4.

I think that the first one described a unit I used to play.  It was suppose to
be guaranteed to be 1800, but in fact it seemed much weaker.  I liked how it
was portable unit, although it was too big to fit in a pocket

John Coffey



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