EXCALIBUR CHESS STATION - TWO SETS IN ONE!
Excalibur offers the newest breakthrough in computerized chess! You get a full featured travel unit that features an LCD to eliminate the fuss of carrying pieces. And, when you’re at home you can still play “the old fashioned way”. Just plug the Chess Station into its docking station and use the included magnetic sensory board! Powerful processor plays at a tournament rating of 1750. Includes Excalibur’s famous teaching mode that takes an absolute beginner to advanced levels.
- 73 Power Levels
- Mate Trainer for Advanced Players
- Teach Mode for Beginners
- Selectable Opening Lines for Play and Learning
- Hint Option for Coaching
- 32 Mate Problems for You to Solve
- Rates your Games
- Take Back Mistakes
- Full-function LCD
- Score Key
- 4-Way Directional Keypad
- Magnetic Sensory Chess Board
Excerpts taken from the Excalibur Chess Station Box back cover.
Excalibur CHESS STATION - It’s you against the computer!
MORE ABOUT EXCALIBUR CHESS STATION ELECTRONIC CHESS COMPUTER
Ron Nelson reported that in 1999 he spent 9 months in developing a new 4 Bit chess program which became the foundation for many future Excalibur models as well as its continued use by Excalibur's successor EB Electronics. The first 4 Bit Model 375 Excalibur LCD Chess was launched in the year 2000. This program can also be found inside many chess computer models sold by other companies such as Radio Shack.
This 4 Bit program seems to be per Nelson's comments an even further slimmed down version of the original Nelson H8 program, compressed into this much smaller hardware and trimmed with many of the features of the original stronger H8 program removed in order to squeeze a workable chess program into the lesser ram space available on the 4 Bit hardware. This included removal of many of the more sophisticated chess routines used in stronger chess programs such as Nelson's Attack Bit Map Tables, much smaller opening books, removal of any pondering routines and excess search routines.
Nelson commented on his great interest in developing a capable program suitable for any beginning or hobby chess player and thereby finding larger outlets of distribution for the Excalibur chess products. Excalibur Chess Station, a very playable and capable chess program ideal for most players was one of the many creations that followed as a result of this nine month period of new program development in 1999. The manufacturing of Excalibur Chess Station was contracted to Same Time Limited in Hong Kong.
Technical Specification
Excalibur Chess Station (2002)
Box
User Manual
Docking Station
Spacious Mind
Schachcomputer.Info
Active 2017
Tourn. 2015
1376
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T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
Final
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MANUFACTURER
PROGRAMMER
Excalibur Electronics, Inc
Ron Nelson
1750 USCF
5/3/2002
$79.95
Not Available
Year:
MFR ELO:
Original Price:
Wiki ELO:
Model #:
975
My Serial #:
Not Available
Processor OEM
Samsung
Processor:
SAM47 S3C72F5
Speed:
Type:
4 Bit
1.5 MHz
ROM:
16 KB x 8 Bit
RAM:
544 Byte x 4 Bit
Battery Type:
3 x 3 LR44 (AG13)
Power Adapter:
Not Available
Display:
LCD
Board Type:
LCD
Overall Size:
Board Size:
2x2 in
2.1/2x5.1/2x1/2 in
Options Select:
Button Select
Play Levels:
73
Opening Book:
34 Book Opening
Take Back:
26 Half Moves
Position Setup:
Available
Position Verify:
Available
Move Analysis:
Display Info:
Available
Available
Solve Mate:
Available
Save Game:
Available
Ponder:
Not Available
Search Depth:
Not Known
Provide Hint:
Available
Teach Mode:
Available
Change Sides:
Available
Active Level:
TM Level:
72 (144 sec.)
Infinite Level:
73
16
Hardware Specification
Game Features
Matchplay & Test ELO Ratings
Computer Game Rating
Rating Test
Other Computer Chess Ratings
USCF
USCF
Spacious Mind
Human Rating
USCF
CCR 88
CCNS 87
Ply 88
FIDE
USCF
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1543
1462
Class C Level Electronic Travel Chess Computer!
