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|| [[image:303px-Schachcomputer-SC2.jpg link="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schachcomputer-SC2.jpg"]] ||~   || **Schachcomputer SC 2**,
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] manufactured from 1981 until 1983 by [[VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt|VEB Funkwerk Erfurt]], in 1983 renamed to [[VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt|VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt]]. 

The SC 2 ran on an 8-bit [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880|U880]] CPU, which was an unlicensed [[Z80]] clone, and had 9 KB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] and 1 KB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]]. The chess program was an apparently re-engineered, slightly modified [[Clones|clone]] <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt#Zweite_Auflage|VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt - Zweite Auflage]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]] (German)</ref> <ref>[[Karsten Bauermeister]] (**1999**). //Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n)//. [[Computerschach und Spiele]]. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)</ref> <ref>[[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/software/software.htm|Copyright und illegal genutzte westliche Software]] from [[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm|robotrontechnik.de]] (German)</ref> of [[Ron Nelson|Ron Nelson's]] program of the [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 10 C]] manufactured by [[Fidelity Electronics]]. ||
|| SC 2 <ref>[[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mikroelektronik|Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt (KME) from Wikimedia Commons]], Photo by [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Erdmann_Schleinitz|Erdmann Schleinitz]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=Quotes=
Excerpt from Holger Schacht's March 2011 article in, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Kurier|Berliner Kurier]] <ref>[[http://www.berliner-kurier.de/archiv/rechner-trieb-den-staatschef-der-ddr-zur-weissglut-und-war-dennoch-ein-grosser-verlierer-dieser-computer-setzte-honecker-schachmatt,8259702,8307812.html|Rechner trieb den Staatschef der DDR zur Weißglut und war dennoch ein großer Verlierer: Dieser Computer setzte Honecker schachmatt]] by [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=102405|Holger Schacht]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Kurier|Berliner Kurier]], March 04, 2011 (German)</ref>:
|| {{Developer [[Rüdiger Worbs]]: "The SC2 was the first device manufactured by ten female laborer on the assembly line, they built about 1000". But despite various presentations at trade shows, it did not lead to the desired export. The slightly revised program was stolen by a U.S. inventor, the market is already saturated in the West. In the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany|GDR]], only a few hundred items were available over the counter. 2180 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_mark|East mark]] costs the electrical brain - about three months' wages for ordinary people. Meanwhile, the "SC2" is considered a "collector's item". At the last auction on the Internet, he went away for 49 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro|Euro]].}} ||

=See also= 
* [[SC 1]]
* [[Chess-Master]]
* [[VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt]]

=Publications= 
* Udo Dietsch, Herbert Deppe (**1983**). //Schachcomputer SC 2//. rfe, H3, S144-147 (German)
* Dr. Manfred Wilke (**1983**). //Wie denkt ein Schachcomputer//. [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugend_und_Technik|Jugend und Technik]], [[http://kc85-museum.de/diverses/verschiedene/schachcomputer/sc2/jugendtechnik/seite1.jpg|jpg 1]], [[http://kc85-museum.de/diverses/verschiedene/schachcomputer/sc2/jugendtechnik/seite2.jpg|jpg 2]], [[http://kc85-museum.de/diverses/verschiedene/schachcomputer/sc2/jugendtechnik/seite3.jpg|jpg 3]], [[http://kc85-museum.de/diverses/verschiedene/schachcomputer/sc2/jugendtechnik/seite4.jpg|jpg 4]] (German) <ref>Images from [[http://kc85-museum.de/diverses/verschiedene/schachcomputer/sc2/index.html|Schachcomputer SC2]], [[http://kc85-museum.de/|KC85-Museum]]</ref>
* [[Christian Posthoff]], [[Günter Reinemann]] (**1987**). //Computerschach - Schachcomputer//. Berlin: Akademie-Verl., ISBN-13: 978-3055002281, with cooperation of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Knaak|Rainer Knaak]], [[Michael Schlosser]], [[Rainer Staudte]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] (German)
* [[Karsten Bauermeister]] (**1999**). //Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n)//. [[Computerschach und Spiele]]. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/f2/honeckers-schachcomputer-1932.html|Info: Honeckers Schachcomputer]] by [[Steffen A. Jakob]], [[http://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/|Schachcomputer.info Community]], July 22, 2008 (German) <ref>On March 6, 1990, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker|Erich Honecker's]] own chess computer, a [[VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt|VEB Funkwerk]] [[SC 2]] was seized, after his detention at January 29, 1990</ref> 
* [[http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=258728|hardware clone: RFT SC2- Intelligent chess]] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], March 31, 2009

=External Links= 
* [[http://www.economypoint.org/c/chess-computer-in-the-gdr.html|Chess computer in the GDR / Computer chess - Economy-point.org]]
* [[http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schachcomputer_in_der_DDR#SC2|SC2, Schachcomputer in der DDR from Wikipedia.de]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SC_2|SC 2]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.robotron-net.de/sonstiges.html#SC-02|OEM und Sonstiges - Schachcomputer "SC 02"]] from [[http://www.robotron-net.de/|Robotron-net.de]] (German)
* [[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/schach.htm|Schachcomputer]] from [[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm|robotrontechnik.de]] (German)
* [[http://kc85-museum.de/diverses/verschiedene/schachcomputer/sc2/index.html|Schachcomputer SC2]] from [[http://kc85-museum.de/|KC85-Museum]] (German)
* [[http://www.schachcomputer.at/sc2.htm|SC 2 aus Erfurt]] from [[http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm|Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage]] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [[http://www.jens-mueller.org/jkcemu/sc2.html|JKCEMU als SC2-Emulator]] from [[http://www.jens-mueller.org/jkcemu/index.html|JKCEMU - DDR-Kleincomputer-Emulator]] by [[http://www.jens-mueller.org/index.html|Jens Müller]] (German)
* [[http://web255.sv12.net-housting.de/ddr-bauteile/ddr-proms.html|ROMs und EPROMs aus DDR Produktion]] from [[http://web255.sv12.net-housting.de/ddr-bauteile/start.html|DDR-Bauteile.de.vu]]
* [[http://www.robotron-net.de/images/sonst/SC-02-Sp.jpg|SC 2 circuit diagram]] hosted by [[http://www.robotron-net.de/|Robotron-net.de]]
* [[http://www.berliner-kurier.de/archiv/rechner-trieb-den-staatschef-der-ddr-zur-weissglut-und-war-dennoch-ein-grosser-verlierer-dieser-computer-setzte-honecker-schachmatt,8259702,8307812.html|Rechner trieb den Staatschef der DDR zur Weißglut und war dennoch ein großer Verlierer: Dieser Computer setzte Honecker schachmatt]] by [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=102405|Holger Schacht]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Kurier|Berliner Kurier]], March 04, 2011 (German)
* [[http://www.lr-online.de/nachrichten/sachsen/Deutsches-Spielemuseum-Chemnitz-verfuehrt-die-Besucher;art1047,3251705|Chemnitz : Deutsches Spielemuseum Chemnitz verführt die Besucher]], [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausitzer_Rundschau|Lausitzer Rundschau]], March 09, 2011 (German)

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