EXCALIBUR KING MASTER III ELECTRONIC CHESS & CHECKERS - picture taken from box
MAIN EXCALIBUR KING MASTER III GAME CHARACTERISTICS
Congratulations on your purchase of your EXCALIBUR KING MASTER III chess and checker computer! You’ve acquired both your own personal trainer and a partner who's always ready for a game -- and who can improve as you do!
- 73 Strength levels of chess.
- 16 Strength levels of checkers.
- Estimated strength rating 1750.
- Sensory chess board.
- Take-back feature.
- Chess Timer.
- Magnetic chess pieces.
- Piece storage compartment.
- Preprogrammed opening strategies.
- Battery operated using 3 AA batteries (not included).
- Saves game in memory.
- Over 500 hours of battery life.
Excerpts taken from Excalibur King Master III user manual and box.
MORE ABOUT EXCALIBUR KING MASTER III 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 King Arthur - Universal Version, 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.
Excalibur King Master III was contracted for manufacturing by Excalibur Electronics to the EWIG Industries Hong Kong Office in Kowloon which is a subsidiary of EWIG Industries Macao Commercial Offshore Limited in Macau whose electronic manufacturing factory is situated in the Guangdong Province of China.
Technical Specification
Excalibur King Master III (2003)
Box
User Manual
Computer Label
Spacious Mind
Schachcomputer.Info
Active 2017
Tourn. 2015
1387
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T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
Final
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MANUFACTURER
PROGRAMMER
Excalibur Electronics
Ron Nelson
1750 USCF
5/15/2003
$99,00
Not Available
Year:
MFR ELO:
Original Price:
Wiki ELO:
Model #:
911E-3
My Serial #:
K03953
Processor OEM
Samsung
Processor:
SAM47 S3C72P9
Speed:
Type:
4 Bit
1.5 MHz
ROM:
32 KB
RAM:
1056 Byte x 4 Bit
Battery Type:
3 x AA
Power Adapter:
Not Available
Display:
LCD 5 Pos 7 Seg
Board Type:
Press Sensory
Overall Size:
Board Size:
8x8 in
12x10x1.1/4
Options Select:
Button Select
Play Levels:
73
Opening Book:
250 Openings
Take Back:
Available
Position Setup:
Available
Position Verify:
Available
Move Analysis:
Display Info:
Available
Available
Solve Mate:
Mate in 8
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:
73
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Game Features
Matchplay & Test ELO Ratings
Computer Game Rating
Rating Test
Other Computer Chess Ratings
USCF
USCF
Spacious Mind
Human Rating
USCF
CCR
CCNS
Ply
FIDE
USCF
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