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Subject: Collector's Corner..The Motorola 68000 Processor

Author: Steve B

Date: 07:39:17 01/21/05


Significant  strides in terms of playing strength  were made in the Dedicated
chess computer market once the industry utilized the Motorola 68000 16  bit
Processor

the processor was especially suitable for the types of instructions used to
calculate a chess move

eventually 68020 32 bit and 68030 and 68040 processors were also used

here is the very first chess computer to incorporate the 68000 16 bit  processor

The Legendary Mephisto Excalibur:


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=e674.jpg&.src=ph

Best
Steve



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