Novag+Sapphire

a portable dedicated chess computer by Novag with a [|Hitachi] H8 8-bit [|microcontroller], running a program based on WChess by David Kittinger in 64 KiB of ROM using 129 KiB of RAM including 118 Kib for transposition tables. The pocket computer was released in 1994, along with the desktop **Diamond** version with a pressure sensory board and the same program. Sapphire and Diamond both support the Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board, and were members of the Novag Super System. || toc =Novag Sapphire II= The Novag **Sapphire II** and **Novag Diamond II**, released in 1997 used faster clock frequency and a improved WChess software in 160 KiB ROM in almost the same housing.
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 * [[image:NovagSapphire.jpg link="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858171271/in/album-72157600922171918/"]] ||~ || **Novag Sapphire**,
 * Sapphire I with magnetic chess board ||~ ||^ ||

=See also=
 * Novag Citrine
 * Novag Star Diamond
 * Novag Super System
 * Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board
 * WChess

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Question about Novag Diamond] by Amstaff, CCC, May 20, 2007
 * [|Novag Star Sapphire vs Sapphire vs Sapphire II] by Vonderlasa, Hiarcs Forum, May 06, 2012
 * [|The Portable Collector: Novag Sapphire II Portable Wood] by SirDave, Hiarcs Forum, October 07, 2013
 * [|Novag Sapphire2 Chess Computer] by 7Chessfan7, Hiarcs Forum, March 08, 2014
 * [|Novag Sapphire vs. Magnus Carlsen] by Vonderlasa, Hiarcs Forum, March 01, 2015 » Play Magnus

=External Links=

Chess Computers

 * [|Novag Sapphire Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|Novag Diamond Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|Novag Sapphire II Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|Novag Diamond II Electronic Chess Computer] from The Spacious Mind
 * [|Inside the Novag Sapphire II] by Richard Tervo
 * [|Novag Diamond] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
 * [|Novag Sapphire] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
 * [|Novag Sapphire II] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
 * [|Novag Diamond II] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
 * [|Novag Sapphire II de Luxe] from [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
 * [|Novag Sapphire, Universalboard] from [|Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by Kurt Kispert (German)
 * [|Novag Sapphire II] from [|Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by Kurt Kispert (German)

Misc

 * [|Diamond from Wikipedia]
 * [|Sapphire from Wikipedia]

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