CXG+Sensor+Computachess

a dedicated chess computer with integrated travel sensory pegboard. It was the **first** own computer under the brand name **CXG**, manufactured by //White and Allcock//, the forerunner of Newcrest Technology. It was in **1981**, when Eric White started to collaborate with David Levy and Kevin O’Connell on the software for the dedicated units. Levy and O’Connell were just in the process to loosen their relationship with SciSys, and their company Philidor Software was about to become Intelligent Software at that time. || toc =Sensor Computachess= The Sensor Computachess had a [|Hitachi] **HD44801** 4-bit [|CMOS] [|microcontroller] with 2 K of 10-bit word ROM inside, 128 10-bit words of pattern ROM supported by pattern generation instructions with table lookup capability, and **160** nibbles or digits (80 bytes) of RAM. //Philidor Software// already had a program for that architecture, developed by Mark Taylor under guidance of Levy, marketed by SciSys as Mini Chess, Junior Chess and Graduate Chess.
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 * [[image:CXG001.jpg width="344" height="215" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858173459/in/set-72157600923816793"]] ||~  || **CXG Sensor Computachess**,
 * Sensor Computachess, CXG 001 ||~  ||^   ||

The //CXG Sensor Computachess// and its 1982 successor **CXG Computachess II** were also marketed by various retailers and brand names, such as //Tandy Computerized Chess//, //Schneider Sensor Chesspartner MK3//, //Hanimex HCG 1500// , //CGL Computachess Travel Sensory// and //Systema Computachess//. The related //CXG Advanced Portachess// was released in 1985.  =Computachess III= The **CXG Computachess III**, released in 1984, had a 6800 instruction set compatible Hitachi HD6301V1 8-bit controller with 4 KB ROM and 256 byte RAM and the LogiChess program by Kaare Danielsen inside.

=See also=
 * Cassia Chess Mate
 * CXG Star Chess
 * LogiChess
 * Mini Chess

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Weakest Dedicated Chess Computer] by compguy, Hiarcs Forum, February 09, 2012

=External Links=

Computachess

 * [|Milady and my dedicated chess computers: Sensor Computachess] by Yves Lejail
 * [|Sensor Computachess] by [|Tom Luif]
 * [|My Chess Computers - Prehistory]
 * [|Systema Computachess Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|CXG Sensor Computachess] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)

Computachess II

 * [|CXG Computachess II Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|CXG Computachess II] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)

Computachess III

 * [|CXG Computachess III Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|CXG Computachess III] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)

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