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CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd., (CXG Systems)
a Hong Kong based manufacturer of consumer electronics and dedicated chess computers managed by Australian technologist Eric White along with Ken Cohen. CXG forerunner were founded in 1979 as Cassia and in 1981 as White and Allcock [2], renamed in 1984 to CXG Newcrest Technology Limited, in 1991 changed over to National Telecommunications System Ltd. with further successors Krypton Ltd. (1994) and Timorite Ltd. (1995-1996), Systema Leisure Ltd. (1997-2001), and subsequently other Hong Kong companies, continuing the dedicated computer business [3].
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Cassia
The first dedicated chess computer of Cassia was the Cassia Chess Mate in 1979, a clone of Ron Nelson's Chess Challenger 10 [4] [5], also shipped as Toytronic Chess Electronics [6] [7], and CXG Computachess I [8].
CXG
In 1981, Eric White started the collaboration with David Levy's and Kevin O’Connell's new company Intelligent Software. White and Allcock's first own dedicated chess computer was the CXG Sensor Computachess [9] with a 4-bit Hitachi processor HD44801, and the program by Mark Taylor using only 160 nibbles of RAM, which predecessor was already instantiated in the SciSys Mini Chess series earlier this year. CXG became brand name of White and Allcock and since 1984 CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd.
Chess computers were designed in Hong Kong, manufactured in China, and then marketed under various brand names and retailers, including CXG [10] [11], Computer Games Ltd. (CGL), ComputaChess, Crown, Hanimex, Unimex, Tandy via RadioShack, Krypton [12] [13], Schneider [14] [15], Systema and Toytronic. In 1998 in partnership with Tiger Electronics (Hasbro) [16], White produced the Tiger Grenadier and Tiger Voice Master [17]. Chess computers were also manufactured for Excalibur and Millennium 2000 [18]. David Levy was the source of programs for all cheaper models [19], using Sunplus 8-bit chips [20] (now Generalplus [21]).
Selected Computers
Associated Programmers
Forum Posts
- Re: Ron Nelson by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 24, 2015 » Eric White
- Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10 by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 24, 2016 » Cassia Chess Mate clone of Chess Challenger 10
External Links
- Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
- CXG Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- Krypton Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- CXG from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- Krypton from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
References
- ↑ CXG Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ "White and Allcock was meant to be a joke name for the partnership, the ‘all cock’ being Ken Cohen. It became a source of amusement to White and Cohen that their Chinese colleagues never realised". Quote from Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
- ↑ De firma Krypton en Timoride in vogelvlucht by Hein Veldhuis, Dutch and German pdf
- ↑ Re: Ron Nelson by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 24, 2015
- ↑ Cassia - Chess Mate, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis (Dutch)
- ↑ Toytronic Chess Electronics from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Toytronic - Chess Electronics, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis (Dutch)
- ↑ Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10 by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 24, 2016
- ↑ CXG Sensor Computachess from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ CXG Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ CXG from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ Krypton from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ Krypton from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ Schneider from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ Schneider Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ Tiger Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ Tiger Voice Master from Tom's English Homepage by Tom Luif
- ↑ De firma Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner in vogelvlucht by Hein Veldhuis, Dutch and German pdf
- ↑ Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
- ↑ Sunplus MCU
- ↑ Generalplus homepage
- ↑ Cassia - Chess Mate, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis (Dutch)
- ↑ Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10 by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 24, 2016
- ↑ Systema Computachess Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ List of computers from Schachcomputer.info Wiki contains various manufacturer
