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Explorer Box [1] SciSys Explorer, (Explorer Chess)

along with Olympiade, Companion II, Concord I, II and Electronic Chess Mark 8, a series of SciSys dedicated chess computers released from 1983 to 85. The computers had the Hitachi HD6301V1 microcontroller with 4 Kibi ROM and 256 byte RAM in common, running the 6800 branch of the LogiChess program by Kaare Danielsen at a clock frequency of 3.6 resp. 7.2 MHz. The SciSys Explorer was Danielsen’s first commercial LogiTech release [2], running at 3.6 MHz. The Explorer had an integrated travel sensory pegboard, while the other models were tabletops with press sensory boards.

Concord

The rare Concord ran at 3.6 MHz, the Concord II, released in 1985, at 7.2 MHz with permanent brain.

See also

Forum Posts

Explorer

Companion II

Concord

Misc

References

  1. Scisys/Saitek Collection by Chewbanta
  2. Danielsen, Kaare from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
  3. Chess Companion II from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
  4. Tandy 1650 from Schachcomputer.info Wiki

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