Saitek PC Auto Chessboard, (Kasparov PC Auto Chessboard) a magnetic sensory wooden chess board released by Saitek in 1995 as dedicated chess user interface for the IBM PC, connected via the parallel port. The board was no own development but the housing of the Saitek President [1], and was bundled with Ed Schröder's MS-DOS program Mephisto Advantage [2] and was further compatible with Genius 3, Fritz 3, Rebel 6 and subsequent versions, and Virtua Chess. The board was shipped under the Mephisto trademark in German speaking countries as Mephisto PC Schachbrett, since Saitek acquired Hegener & Glaser in 1994. Nicolas Cominetti has written a WinBoard driver dubbed Autowb that makes the Saitek Autoboard look to WinBoard like a chess engine, hosted by Tim Mann [3].
Saitek PC Auto Chessboard [4]

See also

• Saitek President

Forum Posts

• FA Kasparov PC Auto chessboard by Saitek by Larry Oliver, CCC, January 25, 2006
• Saitek PC Auto chessboard Art. No. 573 by Barrie Miller, CCC, February 17, 2006
• Kasparov PC Auto Chessboard by Murat, Hiarcs Forum, December 12, 2015

External Links

• Mephisto PC Schachbrett from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
• Sale & Swap 2013 - Part 2 by Mike Watters, Image of Saitek PC Auto Chessboard

References

1. ^ Saitek President from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
2. ^ Mephisto Gideon by Ed Schröder
3. ^ Extensions and Drivers by Tim Mann
4. ^ Image from Saitek Chess Computers 1995 (pdf) hosted by Hein Veldhuis

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