Mephisto MM IV
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Mephisto MMIV with Turbo Kit, 1987 [1] Mephisto MM IV,
a dedicated chess computer module for Mephisto module systems by Hegener & Glaser launched in 1987 as successor of Mephisto Rebell. Ed Schröder’s program run on a 65C02 CMOS processor. The MM IV played the First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989, and was runner-up, only losing from its stable mate Mephisto Almeria with a Lang program and a much more powerful 68020 32-bit processor [2]. However, in 1988 the MM IV Turbo Kit with the discrete TK 20 processor by Schaetzle+Bsteh took the lead in the SSDF rating list [3], threatening H&G’s marketing strategy of high end market with superior hardware and Lang programs versus middle class market and low end market with average and limited hardware with Schröder and Morsch programs [4]. Only H&G’s intervention could retain their desired order [5].
Forum Posts
- Mephisto MM IV/MM V as Winboard engine by Alexander Schmidt, CCC, January 12, 2010
External Links
- MM IV from Rebel Pure Nostalgica by Ed Schröder
- Dedicated chess computers - Home of the Dutch Rebel by Ed Schröder
- Back to the 80’s with UCI by Ed Schröder » UCI
- Ismenio’s chess computer collection - Module Mephisto MM IV 6502 5 MHz
- Module MM IV from The Spacious Mind
- Mephisto MM IV from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
Mephisto MM V Mephisto Monte Carlo IV
References
- ↑ MM IV from Rebel Pure Nostalgica by Ed Schröder
- ↑ Mephisto Almeria 68020 from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Swedish Chess Computer Association - Leaders year by year from Wikipedia
- ↑ MM IV from Rebel Pure Nostalgica by Ed Schröder
- ↑ The MM-V Machine at the World Championschip, Portorose, 1989 by Hans van Mierlo, ChessEval, February 09, 2014 » WMCCC 1989