VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt was an important manufacturer of active electronic components in East Germany. It was created in 1978. Their first chess computer, the SC1, was produced in few exemplars (probably less than a dozen) essentially with the goal to demonstrate their ability. From there, they regularly produced chess computers until the reunification of the 2 parts of the country in 1990.
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by CHVL » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:01 pm
VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt was an important manufacturer of active electronic components in East Germany. It was created in 1978. Their first chess computer, the SC1, was produced in
few exemplars (probably less than a dozen) essentially with the goal to demonstrate their ability. From there, they regularly produced chess computers until the reunification of the 2 parts of the country in 1990.
The SC1 is based on the Chess Challenger 3 or the Chess Challenger 10C... in all cases, a Ron Nelson program.
The functioning is similar to the one of a calculator: entering the moves by a keyboard and getting the computer move on the LED display. The board has no other function than to figure the game played on the calculator on the right side.
Still this computer was successful in GDR and was a good incentive to develop more chess computers. The market was there: Chess Master and Chess Master Diamond were following quickly.
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