Sandy TSB4 La Regence (1982) X-RARE

A French marketing and manufacturing Corporation founded by Frederic Ries. Installed at the angle of rue Baron and rue Roberval - maybe the origin of the Double R name of the Company (Roberval + Ries). Put on the market the first French Chess Computer "La Regence". France Double R went bankrupt, and Sandy Electronics manufactured and sold a "La Regence" with same wood design (with the button legends in German), but different for its hardware and its software version.
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Sandy TSB4 La Regence (1982) X-RARE

Unread post by CHVL » Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:39 pm

An exceptional view: three La Regence side by side.
For comparison with the Double R, 2 computers La Régence TSB4 (Sandy).
The 3 computers are different on:
- their wood manufacture;
- their legends: German versus French (for Sandy versus DoubleR);
- their German legends (TSB4 versus TSB4);
- their program version of the Richard Lang's Cyrus (French Regence versus TSB4);
- their electronic: (?) must look inside (!)

First computer La Régence TSB4 (Sandy Electronic)
LaRegenceTSB4-Sandy-1.jpeg
LaRegenceTSB4-Sandy-2.jpeg

Second computer La Régence TSB4 (Sandy Electronic) compared to the third computer La Régence (France Double R)
LaRegenceFR-GER-1.jpeg
LaRegence-16.jpeg
Specs:
- processor : Z80 8 bit @4 MHz
- RAM: 2 KB
- ROM: 12 KB
- library: 4,000 half moves
- program: Lang, Richard
- Elo circa 1700
- related: CXG Chess 3000 , CXG Chess 2001 , Hanimex HCG 1900
- detection: magnetic sensors
- 64 LEDs
- levels of play: 8

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