Newcrest+Technology

a [|Hong Kong] based manufacturer of [|consumer electronics] and dedicated chess computers managed by Australian technologist Eric White along with Ken Cohen. CXG forerunner were founded in 1979 as //Cassia// and in 1981 as //White and Allcock//, renamed in 1984 to CXG Newcrest Technology Limited, in 1991 changed over to //National Telecommunications System Ltd.// with further successors //Krypton Ltd.// (1994) and //Timorite Ltd.// (1995-1996), //Systema Leisure Ltd.// (1997-2001), and subsequently other Hong Kong companies, continuing the dedicated computer business. || toc =Cassia= The first dedicated chess computer of Cassia was the Cassia Chess Mate in 1979, a clone of Ron Nelson's Chess Challenger 10, also shipped as //Toytronic Chess Electronics//  , and //CXG Computachess I//.
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=CXG= In 1981, Eric White started the collaboration with David Levy's and Kevin O’Connell's new company Intelligent Software. //White and Allcock's// first own dedicated chess computer was the CXG Sensor Computachess with a 4-bit [|Hitachi] processor HD44801, and the program by Mark Taylor using only 160 nibbles of RAM, which predecessor was already instantiated in the SciSys Mini Chess series earlier this year. **CXG** became brand name of //White and Allcock// and since 1984 CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd.

Chess computers were designed in Hong Kong, manufactured in China, and then marketed under various brand names and retailers, including CXG, Computer Games Ltd. (CGL), ComputaChess, Crown, Hanimex, Unimex, [|Tandy] via [|RadioShack], Krypton  , [|Schneider]  , Systema and Toytronic. In 1998 in partnership with [|Tiger Electronics] ([|Hasbro]), White produced the [|Tiger Grenadier] and [|Tiger Voice Master]. Chess computers were also manufactured for Excalibur and Millennium 2000. David Levy was the source of programs for all cheaper models, using //Sunplus 8-bit// chips (now //Generalplus// ).

=Selected Computers=
 * ~ Year ||~ Model ||~ Programmer ||
 * ~ 1979 || Cassia Chess Mate ||  Ron Nelson  ||
 * ~ 1981 || CXG Sensor Computachess || Mark Taylor ||
 * ~ 1982 || CXG Computachess II || Mark Taylor ||
 * ~ 1983 || Systema Computachess || Mark Taylor ||
 * ~ 1984 || CXG Chess 2001 || Richard Lang ||
 * ~    || CXG Computachess III || Kaare Danielsen ||
 * ~ 1985 || CXG Star Chess || Kaare Danielsen ||
 * ~ 1986 || CXG Sphinx Titan || Kaare Danielsen ||
 * ~     || CXG Advanced Star Chess ||  Kaare Danielsen ||
 * ~ 1987 || CXG Sphinx || Mark Taylor ||
 * ~ 1989 || CXG Sphinx Dominator || Frans Morsch ||
 * ~     || CXG Sphinx Galaxy || Frans Morsch ||
 * ~ 1992 || CXG Sphinx Accolade || Gyula Horváth ||

=Associated Programmers=
 * ~ Author ||~ List of computers ||
 * Kaare Danielsen || [|Danielsen, Kaare] ||
 * Chrilly Donninger || [|Donninger, Christian] ||
 * Gyula Horváth || [|Horvath, Gyula] ||
 * Richard Lang || [|Lang, Richard] ||
 * Frans Morsch || [|Morsch, Frans]||
 * Mark Taylor & David Levy || [|Taylor, Mark] ||

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Re: Ron Nelson] by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 24, 2015 » Eric White
 * [|Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10] by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 24, 2016 » Cassia Chess Mate clone of Chess Challenger 10

=External Links=
 * [|Chess Computers - The UK Story] by Mike Watters
 * [|CXG Electronic Chess Computers] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|Krypton Electronic Chess Computers] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|CXG] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
 * [|Krypton] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]

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