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|| [[image:ExplorerChess.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/859039420/in/set-72157600922172552"]] ||~ || **SciSys Explorer**,
along with **Olympiade**, **Companion II** and **Concord I, II** a series of [[Saitek|SciSys]] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] released from 1983 to 85. The computers had the [[Intel]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_MCS-48|80C50]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS|CMOS]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcontroller|microcontroller]] with 4 Kibi [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] and 256 byte [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] in common, running the Intel branch of the [[LogiChess]] program by [[Kaare Danielsen]] at a  [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_rate|clock frequency]] of 3.6 resp. 7.2 MHz. A model similar to the Companion II was sold by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack|RadioShack]] as //Tandy 1650// <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tandy_1650|Tandy 1650]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]]</ref>. The SciSys Explorer was Danielsen's **first** commercial LogiTech release <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Danielsen,_Kaare|Danielsen, Kaare]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]]</ref>, running at 3.6 MHz. The Explorer had an integrated travel sensory pegboard, while the other models were tabletops with press [[Sensory Board|sensory boards]].
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|| Explorer Box <ref>[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922172552/?page=2|Scisys/Saitek Collection]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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[[#Companion]]
=Companion II=
The Companion II ran at 7.2 MHz and had [[Pondering|permanent brain]] implemented. The computer was released in 1984.
|| [[image:Chess_Companion_II.jpg link="http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_companion_ii.html"]] ||
|| SciSys Companion II  <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_companion_ii.html|Chess Companion II]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> ||
[[#Concord]]
=Concord=
The rare Concord ran at 3.6 MHz, the Concord II at 7.2 MHz with [[Pondering|permanent brain]], and was released 1985.
|| [[image:Concord_II.jpg link="http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/concord_ii.html"]] ||
|| SciSys Concord II <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/concord_ii.html|Concord II]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> ||
=See also=
* [[CXG Star Chess]]
* [[Explorer]]
* [[Various Classifications#Explorer|Explorer (Classification)]]
* [[LogiChess]]

=External Links=
==Explorer==
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/explorer_chess.html|Explorer Chess]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/explorer.html|SciSys Explorer Electronic Chess Computer]] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngScisExpl.html|Scisys Explorer]] by [[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/|Tom Luif]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_Explorer|SciSys Explorer]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
==Companion II==
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_companion_ii.html|Chess Companion II]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_Companion_II|SciSys Companion II]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/06-1983%20%5BJ-0601%5D%20SciSys%20-%20Chess%20Companion%20II.pdf|Chess Companion II]] (pdf) by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
==Concord==
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/concord.html|Concord]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/concord_ii.html|Concord II]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngSciConc2.html|Scisys Concord II]] by [[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/|Tom Luif]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_Concord_II|SciSys Concord II]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
[[#Tandy1650]]
==Misc==
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/olympiade.html|Olympiade]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/electronic_chess_mark_8.html|Electronic Chess Mark 8]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tandy_1650|Tandy 1650]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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