SC 1
[ SC 1 [1] Schachcomputer SC 1,
VEB Funkwerk Erfurt’s first dedicated chess computer species from 1981, build in low quantities of only about 12 to 20 pieces. The SC 1 was merely a prototype kind of a chess computer, to test the performance of their own Z80 clone, the U880 8-bit processor [2] . The program wasn’t yet an own development [3], but a program from the “ Enemy of the people”, a plain copy of Ron Nelson’s program of a Chess Challenger manufactured by Fidelity Electronics [4]. Remarkably, its successor, the SC 2, which was produced in higher quantities and exported to the capitalistic “ First World” to merit foreign exchanges, still was a slightly modified Ron Nelson program [5] [6].
Publications
- Karsten Bauermeister (1999). Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n). Computerschach und Spiele. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)
- Ingo Althöfer (2020). Computer Chess and Chess Computers in East Germany. ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, Nos. 2-3
External Links
- VEB Erfurt SC-1 from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- SC1, Schachcomputer in der DDR from Wikipedia.de (German)
- SC 1 from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt - Alles nur geklaut from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
References
- ↑ Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt (KME) from Wikimedia Commons, Photo by Erdmann Schleinitz
- ↑ Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880 from robotrontechnik.de (German)
- ↑ SC1, Schachcomputer in der DDR from Wikipedia.de (German)
- ↑ Copyright und illegal genutzte westliche Software from robotrontechnik.de (German)
- ↑ VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Karsten Bauermeister (1999). Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n). Computerschach und Spiele. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)