Eric+Winkler

a Swiss physicist, technologist, businessman and manufacturer of [|consumer electronics] and dedicated chess computers, holding a MSc in Physics from ETH Zurich, in 1978, along with Peter Auge co-founder of Novag, and in 1979 founder and [|CEO] of SciSys (Scientific Systems) located in [|Hong Kong], 1987 renamed to Saitek. Saitek continued the Mephisto trademark after the acquisition of Hegener & Glaser in 1994 and its entire business operations in 2000. At the H&G [|Extraordinary General Meeting] in December 2000, it was decided to change the company's name from Hegener + Glaser AG to [|Stella Entertainment AG] realizing 100% of the shares of the //Broadway Musical Management GmbH// (BMM), while Winkler concurrently resigned as member of the supervisory board. Stella became insolvent in 2002, partly acquired by [|Stage Entertainment] - the German //Mantelaktien-Report// by [|Undervalued-Shares.com] broached the issue.
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In 2007, Saitek's Branded Products division was acquired at a price of 30 million Dollar by [|Mad Catz], while Winkler continued with his own company, electronics manufacturer //Ryder Industries Ltd., Hong Kong// , no longer in the dedicated chess computer business. || toc =Inventions= Eric Winkler was involved in various patent-registered inventions in the field of dedicated chess computers, for instance the //Sensory Electronic Game// which includes a board having a number of defined positions each provided with an [|isotropic] field sensor such as a [|reed switch] which has open and closed positions depending upon the presence or absence of a magnetic field, and two sets of playing pieces, the //Thin Membrane Sensor Board// as mentioned by Mike Watters , and the //Configurable computer input device//.
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=Associated People=

Programmers
Professional programmers associated with SciSys and Saitek computers:
 * ~ Author ||~ List of computers ||
 * Craig Barnes || [|Barnes, Craig] ||
 * David Broughton || [|Broughton, David] ||
 * Kaare Danielsen || [|Danielsen, Kaare] ||
 * Mike Johnson || [|Johnson, Mike] ||
 * Julio Kaplan || [|Kaplan, Julio] ||
 * Johan de Koning || [|De Koning, Johan] ||
 * Frans Morsch || [|Morsch, Frans]||
 * Dan Spracklen || [|Spracklen, Dan & Kathe] ||
 * Kathe Spracklen || [|Spracklen, Dan & Kathe] ||
 * Mark Taylor || [|Taylor, Mark] ||

Business People

 * Peter Auge
 * David Levy
 * Günter Niggemann
 * Kevin O’Connell

=External Links=
 * [|Management Profiles - Eric Winkler] from [|Ryder Industries]
 * [|Winkler Eric Ernest - Inventor Patent Directory]
 * [|SciSys and Novag : The Early Years] from [|Chess Computer UK] by Mike Watters
 * [|Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [|Chess Computer UK] by Mike Watters
 * [|SciSys – Schachcomputer.info Wiki]

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