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  1. Scisys/Saitek Collection by Chewbanta↩︎

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 1, running at 3.6 MHz. The Explorer had an integrated travel sensory pegboard, while the other models were tabletops with press sensory boards.

Contents
  1. Companion II
  2. Concord
  3. See also
  4. Forum Posts
  5. External Links
    1. Explorer
    2. Companion II
    3. Concord
    4. Misc
  6. References

Companion II

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  1. Chess Companion II from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters↩︎

The Companion II ran at 7.2 MHz and had permanent brain implemented. The computer was released in 1984. A revised version of the Companion II was released by Quelle in Germany. A model similar to the Companion II was sold by RadioShack as Tandy 1650 2.

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

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  1. Danielsen, Kaare from Schachcomputer.info Wiki↩︎

  2. Tandy 1650 from Schachcomputer.info Wiki↩︎

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