Novag Sapphire
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Sapphire I with magnetic chess board [1] Novag Sapphire,
a portable dedicated chess computer by Novag with a Hitachi H8 8-bit microcontroller, running a program based on WChess by David Kittinger in 64 KiB of ROM using 129 KiB of RAM including 118 Kib for transposition tables [2]. The pocket computer was released in 1994, along with the desktop Diamond version with a pressure sensory board with the same program. Sapphire and Diamond both support the Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board, and were members of the Novag Super System.
See also
Forum Posts
- Question about Novag Diamond by Amstaff, CCC, May 20, 2007
- Novag Star Sapphire vs Sapphire vs Sapphire II by Vonderlasa, Hiarcs Forum, May 06, 2012
- The Portable Collector: Novag Sapphire II Portable Wood by SirDave, Hiarcs Forum, October 07, 2013
- Novag Sapphire2 Chess Computer by 7Chessfan7, Hiarcs Forum, March 08, 2014
- Novag Sapphire vs. Magnus Carlsen by Vonderlasa, Hiarcs Forum, March 01, 2015 » Play Magnus
External Links
Chess Computers
- Novag Sapphire Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
- Novag Diamond Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
- Novag Sapphire II Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
- Novag Diamond II Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
- Inside the Novag Sapphire II by Richard Tervo
- Novag Diamond from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Sapphire from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Sapphire II from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Diamond II from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Sapphire II de Luxe from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Sapphire, Universalboard from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)
- Novag Sapphire II from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)
Misc
References
- ↑ Sapphire I from Novag | Photo collection by Chewbanta
- ↑ Novag Sapphire from [httpa://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)