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|| [[image:R30_SB20.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166273/in/set-72157600922173034/"]] ||~ || **TASC R30**,
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing|RISC Processor]] at 30 MHz, produced and market by [[TASC]] along with their Chess System  and the wooden [[TASC SmartBoard|SmartBoard]] with [[Piece Recognition|electronic piece recognition]] <ref>[[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html|Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]]</ref>. R30 was first released in 1993 (V 2.2), a subsequent version (V 2.5) in 1995 <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tasc_R30|Tasc R30]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
</ref>. The R30 ran a [[The King]] based program by [[Johan de Koning]], and was considered one of the strongest dedicated chess computers during the 90s, and possibly until today.

TASC R30 played the Manufacturers Group at the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich|Munich]] and became runner-up in a field of three computers by the smallest margin of ½ point behind the [[Mephisto|Mephisto Genius 2]], dubbed the [[Mephisto Wundermaschine|Wundermachine]]. It further played the [[Harvard Cup 1993]], and five [[Aegon Tournaments]] from [[Aegon 1993|1993]] until [[Aegon 1997|1997]]. ||
|| TASC R30 SB20 <ref>[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922173034/with/858166273/|Flickr: Fotostream]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref>  ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[ChessMachine]]
* [[Mephisto Montreux]]
* [[RISC 2500]]
* [[TASC R40]]
* [[The King]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67790|Tasc R30 v 2.5?]] by Bradley S. Short, [[CCC]], September 07, 1999
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297672|To Johan de Koning: Please convince Tasc to begin production of the R30!]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steven Blincoe]], [[CCC]], May 23, 2003
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395041|Tasc R30 on eBay (1995)]] by [[Ismenio Sousa]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395513|Tasc R30 Auction]] by [[Mike Watters|Michael Watters]], [[CCC]], November 11, 2004

=External Links= 
* [[http://www.top-5000.nl/dedicated.htm|Dedicated chess computers - Home of the Dutch Rebel]] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc.html|Tasc ChessSystem]] from [[http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html|ChessComputers.org]]
> [[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html|Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]]
* [[http://web.mac.com/dmowczan/Danoplanet/Tasc_R30.html|Photo Essay: The TASC R30]]
* [[http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngTascR30.html|TASC R30]] by [[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/|Tom Luif]]
> [[http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngTascR30menu.html|TASC R30 (menu)]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tasc_R30|Tasc R30]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.miclangschach.de/index.php?n=Main.TascR30|TascR30]] by [[Michael Lang]] (German)
* [[http://chesseval.com/ChessEvalJournal/TASCR30/R30v223.htm|The Never Released Tasc R30 Version 2.23]] by [[Hans van Mierlo]], [[http://www.chesseval.com/index.html|ChessEval]], February 2014 

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