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

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 08:32:00 01/21/05

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On January 21, 2005 at 10:39:17, Steve B wrote:

>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:


I thought the Fidelity Excel 68000 was the first.


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



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