RADIOSHACK e-CHESS EXPRESS by Excalibur features
FEATURES OF E-CHESS EXPRESS
- 8 PLAYING LEVELS
- HINTS FOR COACHING
- TAKE BACK MISTAKES
- TEACHING MODE FOR BEGINNING PLAYERS
- OFF KEY SAVES GAME IN MEMORY
- AUTOMATIC TURNOFF
- LCD CHESS BOARD
- LCD ICONS INDICATE CHECK, CHECKMATE, AND DRAW
Excerpts taken from the Excalibur e-Chess Express User Manual.
MORE ABOUT RADIOSHACK E-CHESS EXPRESS MODEL 60-2742 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 e-Chess Express is a fun program, with its 8 fast response levels it is ideal for most casual players who are interested in a quick game of chess. Excalibur e-Chess Express was one of the many creations that followed as a result of this nine month period of new program development in 1999.
Excalibur e-Chess Express Model 410X-CS-RS was manufactured for Excalibur Electronics by Wide Concepts Limited, Hong Kong was primarily made available to Radio Shack/Tandy Corporation for resale through their 4,000+ stores in 2005.
Wide Concepts Limited established in 1998, specializes in developing and producing various kinds of electronic hand held games, electronic educational games and gift and premium items whose manufacturing likely occurs in China.
Technical Specification
RadioShack E-Chess Express (2005)
Box
User Manual
Control Buttons
Spacious Mind
Schachcomputer.Info
Active 2017
Tourn. 2015
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T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
Final
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MANUFACTURER
PROGRAMMER
RadioShack/Tandy Corporation
Ron Nelson
1400 USCF
5/20/2005
$19.95
Not Available
Year:
MFR ELO:
Original Price:
Wiki ELO:
Model #:
60-2742
My Serial #:
Not Available
Processor OEM
Chipmaster
Processor:
50C014
Speed:
Type:
8 Bit
2.2 MHz
ROM:
14 KB
RAM:
160 Byte SRAM
Battery Type:
3 x AAA
Power Adapter:
Not Available
Display:
LCD Dot Matrix
Board Type:
LCD Chess Board
Overall Size:
Board Size:
1.1/2x1.1/2 in
2.1/2x5.1/2x3/4 in
Options Select:
Button Select
Play Levels:
8
Opening Book:
34 Book Opening
Take Back:
Available
Position Setup:
Not Available
Position Verify:
Not Available
Move Analysis:
Display Info:
Not Available
Not Available
Solve Mate:
Not Available
Save Game:
Available
Ponder:
Not Available
Search Depth:
Not Known
Provide Hint:
Available
Teach Mode:
Available
Change Sides:
Available
Active Level:
TM Level:
Not Available
Infinite Level:
Not Available
8 (20 seconds)
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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Class E Level Electronic Travel Chess Computer!
