Excalibur Model 901E-4 Deluxe Electronic Chess (2005) Electronic Chess Computer

DELUXE ELECTRONIC CHESS GAME FEATURES

POSITIONS SCORE

During a game, you may press the HINT key twice to get your computer's evaluation of a position. The scoring totals the following values: Pawns -- 1, Knights -- 3, Bishops -- 3, Rooks -- 5, and Queen -- 9

SMILING FACES AND FROWNING FACES

Whenever Electronic chess evaluates your position as 2 points of more ahead, it will show a smiling face when it displays it’s move. Whenever it evaluates your score as 2 points of more behind, it will show a frowning face when it displays a move.

Excerpts taken from the Excalibur Deluxe Electronic Chess User Manual.

MORE ABOUT EXCALIBUR DELUXE ELECTRONIC CHESS COMPUTER

Ron Nelson spent 9 months 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 he had a 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 Deluxe Electronic Chess, a successor to Excalibur Saber IV, 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 Deluxe Electronic Chess was contracted to Same Time Limited in Hong Kong.

Excalibur Model 901E-4 Deluxe Electronic Chess (2005) Electronic Chess Computer

Technical Specification

Excalibur Deluxe Electronic Chess (2005)

Excalibur Model 901E-4 Deluxe Electronic Chess (2005) Press Sensory Chess Board

Excalibur Model 901E-4 Deluxe Electronic Chess (2005) User Manual

Excalibur Model 901E-4 Deluxe Electronic Chess (2005) LCD Display and Game Control Buttons

Press Sensory

User Manual

Display & Controls

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MANUFACTURER

PROGRAMMER

Excalibur Electronics, Inc

Ron Nelson

1650 USCF

2005

$79.95

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Year:

MFR ELO:

Original Price:

Wiki ELO:

Model #:

901E-4

My Serial #:

SA-133135

Processor OEM

Samsung

Processor:

SAM47 S3C72K8

Speed:

Type:

4 Bit

1.5 MHz

ROM:

8 KB

RAM:

1024 x 4 Bit

Battery Type:

4 x AAA

Power Adapter:

Not Available

Display:

LCD 4 Pos 7 Seg

Board Type:

Press Sensory

Overall Size:

Board Size:

6.1/2x6.1/2 in

7.1/2x9.1/2x7/8 in

Options Select:

Button Select

Play Levels:

Opening Book:

250 Moves

Take Back:

Available

Position Setup:

Available

Position Verify:

Available

Move Analysis:

Display Info:

Available

Not 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 seconds)

Infinite Level:

Hardware Specification

Game Features

Matchplay & Test ELO Ratings

Computer Game Rating

Rating Test

Other Computer Chess Ratings

USCF

Spacious Mind

Human Rating

USCF

CCR

CCNS

Ply

FIDE

USCF

1537

1453

Class C Level Electronic Table Top Chess Computer!