Commodore+ChessMate

a dedicated chess computer by [|Commodore] with a program based on MicroChess by Peter Jennings, released in 1978. The computer was built in KIM-1 technology and had a [|MOS Technology] processor of the 6502 family, the 28 pin **6504** could only address 8 kibibytes, where the chess program was persistant in 5 kibibytes of ROM, and used only 320 bytes of RAM. For user interaction, it had a [|membrane keyboard], four [|seven-segment displays], and four further status [|LEDs].
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 * [[image:Chessmate_compter.jpg width="213" height="283" link="http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/physical-object/4-1%20and%204-2.Chessmate_compter.Commodore_International.c1978.L2005-9-1.jpg"]] ||~  || **Commodore ChessMate**, (Commodore CHESSmate)

Commodore ChessMate played the Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament in March 1978, where it became runner-up behind Sargon. || toc =See also=
 * Commodore ChessMate ||~  ||^   ||
 * 6502
 * Cassia Chess Mate
 * Chessmate
 * Kasparov Chessmate
 * KIM-1
 * MicroChess

=External Links=
 * [|DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts]
 * [|Secret Weapons of Commodore: The Commodore CHESSmate] by [|Cameron Kaiser]
 * [|Commodore Info Page - Articles: The beginning]
 * [|Ismenio's chess computer collection - Commodore CHESSmate]
 * [|CHESSmate vs. Videopac C7010 | A Commodore Geek's Blog], February 17, 2012 » Videopac C 7010
 * [|Commodore Chessmate from Wikipedia.ru] (Russian)
 * [|Chessmate from Wikipedia.de] (German)
 * [|Commodore Chessmate] from [|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
 * [|Commodore CHESSmate] (German)
 * [|Commodore CHESSmate – C64-Wiki] (German)
 * [|Computermuseum Mannheim - Commodore] (German)
 * [|Commodore Chessmate | Geschichten eines Sammlers] (German)

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