Mephisto Wundermaschine
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Mephisto Wundermaschine [1] Mephisto Wundermaschine, (Wonder Machine [2])
a dedicated chess computer by Hegener & Glaser running a Mephisto Genius 2 program by Richard Lang on an 80486 PC under MS-DOS, integrated as LCD laptop with trackball inside the drawer of a heightened Mephisto München board. Only 10 machines were produced around 1993, the price was about 15,000 DM (7,500 €) [3]. Almost the same program of the 68030 assembly branch was further released as Mephisto Genius 68030 as module for the Mephisto module system, sold for only1798 DM [4].
See also
Forum Posts
- Mephisto Wundermaschine - A Great Idea or an Abomination? by Michael Watters, CCC, December 11, 2004
- Dedicated Chess Computers For Sale by Murat, CCC, April 01, 2009
- Collector’s Corner… On The Mephisto Wunder Machine by Steve Blincoe, Hiarcs Forum, November 18, 2011
External Links
- Mephisto (H&G) Wundermaschine (i486DX2-66 MHz) Genius 2 by Maurice M. Ohayon, Ad-Infer and Chess-EVAL, January 26, 2014
- Mephisto Wundermaschine from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Mephisto Wundermaschine from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert
References
- ↑ Mephisto Wundermaschine from 1.The Ultra Rare Collection | Flickr - Photo Sharing! by Chewbanta
- ↑ Wunderwaffe from Wikipedia
- ↑ Mephisto Wundermaschine from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Mephisto Genius 68030 – Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Hiarcs Fan Page by Thorsten Czub
- ↑ Frederic Friedel, Dieter Steinwender (1993). Results and selected games of the 12th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 231