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'''Saitek PC Auto Chessboard''', (Kasparov PC Auto Chessboard, Mephisto PC Schachbrett)<br/>
a magnetic sensory wooden chess board released by [[Saitek]] in 1995 as [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess]] user interface for the [[IBM PC]],
connected via the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_port parallel port].
The board was no own development but the housing of the [[Saitek President]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Saitek_President Saitek President] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>,
and was bundled with [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] [[MS-DOS]] program [[Gideon#MephistoGideon|Mephisto Advantage]] <ref>[http://rebel13.nl/dos/mephisto%20gideon.html Mephisto Gideon] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> and was further compatible with [[Chess Genius|Genius 3]], [[Fritz|Fritz 3]], [[Rebel|Rebel 6]] and subsequent versions, and [[Virtua Chess]].
The board was shipped under the well known [[Mephisto]] trademark in German speaking countries as '''Mephisto PC Schachbrett''', after Saitek acquired [[Hegener & Glaser]] in 1994. [[Nicolas Cominetti]] has written a [[WinBoard]] driver dubbed '''Autowb''', hosted by [[Tim Mann]] <ref>[http://www.tim-mann.org/extensions.html Extensions and Drivers] by [[Tim Mann]]</ref>, that made the Saitek Board [[WinBoard]] compatible.

=See also=
* [[Saitek President]]

=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=482110 FA Kasparov PC Auto chessboard by Saitek] by Larry Oliver, [[CCC]], January 25, 2006
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=487342 Saitek PC Auto chessboard Art. No. 573] by Barrie Miller, [[CCC]], February 17, 2006
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7554 Kasparov PC Auto Chessboard] by Murat, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 12, 2015

=External Links=
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_PC_Schachbrett Mephisto PC Schachbrett] from [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/sale_-_swap_2013_-_part_2.html Sale & Swap 2013 - Part 2] by [[Mike Watters]], Image of Saitek PC Auto Chessboard

=References=
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