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[[FILE:EricWinkler.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html| Eric Winkler <ref>[http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html Eric Winkler - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ryder Industries]</ref> ]]
'''Eric Ernest Winkler''', <br/>
a Swiss physicist, technologist, businessman and manufacturer of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics consumer electronics] and [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], holding a MSc in Physics from [[ETH Zurich]] <ref>[http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html Eric Winkler - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ryder Industries]</ref>, in 1978, along with [[Peter Auge]] co-founder of [[Novag]], and in 1979 founder and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] of [[Saitek|SciSys]] (Scientific Systems) located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong Hong Kong], 1987 renamed to [[Saitek]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_En SciSys – Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>.
=Acquisitions=
Saitek continued the [[Mephisto]] trademark after the acquisition of [[Hegener & Glaser]] in 1994 <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]</ref> and its entire business operations in 2000. At the H&G [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_General_Meeting Extraordinary General Meeting] in December 2000, it was decided to change the company's name from Hegener + Glaser AG to [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_AG Stella Entertainment AG] realizing 100% of the shares of the ''Broadway Musical Management GmbH'' (BMM), while Winkler concurrently resigned as member of the supervisory board. Stella became insolvent in 2002, partly acquired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Entertainment Stage Entertainment] - the German ''Mantelaktien-Report'' by Undervalued-Shares broached the issue <ref>[http://coldipo.com/Undervalued-Shares-MAR-D-200712.pdf Der große Mantelaktien-Report] (pdf) Sonderreport, December 2007 (German), from [http://www.undervalued-shares.com/ Undervalued-Shares.com], pp 103. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_AG Stella Entertainment AG i. L] (ehem. Hegener + Glaser AG)</ref>.
In 2007, Saitek's Branded Products division was acquired at a price of 30 million Dollar by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Catz Mad Catz] <ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6182902.html Mad Catz buys Saitek - News at GameSpot]</ref>, while Winkler continued with his own company, electronics manufacturer ''Ryder Industries Ltd., Hong Kong'', no longer in the dedicated chess computer business <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html SciSys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=Inventions=
Eric Winkler was involved in various patent-registered inventions in the field of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], for instance the ''Sensory Electronic Game'' which includes a [[Sensory Board|board]] having a number of defined positions each provided with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotropy isotropic] field sensor such as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_switch reed switch] which has open and closed positions depending upon the presence or absence of a magnetic field, and two sets of playing pieces <ref>[http://www.google.de/patents/about?id=PRcdAAAAEBAJ Sensory games - Google Patents]</ref>, the ''Thin Membrane Sensor Board'' as mentioned by [[Mike Watters]] <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/other_patents.html Other Patents] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, and the ''Configurable computer input device'' <ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=EP&NR=0816989 espacenet - Configurable computer input device]</ref>.
=Associated People=
==Programmers==
Professional programmers associated with [[Saitek|SciSys and Saitek]] computers:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Author
! List of computers <ref>List of computers from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] contains various manufacturer</ref>
|-
| [[Craig Barnes]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Barnes,_Craig Barnes, Craig]
|-
| [[David Broughton]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David]
|-
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kaare_Danielsen Danielsen, Kaare]
|-
| [[Mike Johnson]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johnson,_Mike Johnson, Mike]
|-
| [[Julio Kaplan]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Julio_Kaplan Kaplan, Julio]
|-
| [[Johan de Koning]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johan_de_Koning De Koning, Johan]
|-
| [[Frans Morsch]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Frans_Morsch Morsch, Frans]
|-
| [[Dan Spracklen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Spracklen,_Dan_%26_Kathe Spracklen, Dan & Kathe]
|-
| [[Kathe Spracklen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Spracklen,_Dan_%26_Kathe Spracklen, Dan & Kathe]
|-
| [[Mark Taylor]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Taylor,_Mark Taylor, Mark]
|}
==Business People==
* [[Peter Auge]]
* [[David Levy]]
* [[Günter Niggemann]]
* [[Kevin O’Connell]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html Eric Winkler - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ryder Industries]
* [http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/Winkler_Eric_Ernest_1.html Winkler Eric Ernest - Inventor Patent Directory]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html SciSys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_En SciSys – Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
=References=
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[[FILE:EricWinkler.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html| Eric Winkler <ref>[http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html Eric Winkler - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ryder Industries]</ref> ]]
'''Eric Ernest Winkler''', <br/>
a Swiss physicist, technologist, businessman and manufacturer of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics consumer electronics] and [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], holding a MSc in Physics from [[ETH Zurich]] <ref>[http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html Eric Winkler - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ryder Industries]</ref>, in 1978, along with [[Peter Auge]] co-founder of [[Novag]], and in 1979 founder and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] of [[Saitek|SciSys]] (Scientific Systems) located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong Hong Kong], 1987 renamed to [[Saitek]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_En SciSys – Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>.
=Acquisitions=
Saitek continued the [[Mephisto]] trademark after the acquisition of [[Hegener & Glaser]] in 1994 <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]</ref> and its entire business operations in 2000. At the H&G [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_General_Meeting Extraordinary General Meeting] in December 2000, it was decided to change the company's name from Hegener + Glaser AG to [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_AG Stella Entertainment AG] realizing 100% of the shares of the ''Broadway Musical Management GmbH'' (BMM), while Winkler concurrently resigned as member of the supervisory board. Stella became insolvent in 2002, partly acquired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Entertainment Stage Entertainment] - the German ''Mantelaktien-Report'' by Undervalued-Shares broached the issue <ref>[http://coldipo.com/Undervalued-Shares-MAR-D-200712.pdf Der große Mantelaktien-Report] (pdf) Sonderreport, December 2007 (German), from [http://www.undervalued-shares.com/ Undervalued-Shares.com], pp 103. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_AG Stella Entertainment AG i. L] (ehem. Hegener + Glaser AG)</ref>.
In 2007, Saitek's Branded Products division was acquired at a price of 30 million Dollar by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Catz Mad Catz] <ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6182902.html Mad Catz buys Saitek - News at GameSpot]</ref>, while Winkler continued with his own company, electronics manufacturer ''Ryder Industries Ltd., Hong Kong'', no longer in the dedicated chess computer business <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html SciSys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=Inventions=
Eric Winkler was involved in various patent-registered inventions in the field of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], for instance the ''Sensory Electronic Game'' which includes a [[Sensory Board|board]] having a number of defined positions each provided with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotropy isotropic] field sensor such as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_switch reed switch] which has open and closed positions depending upon the presence or absence of a magnetic field, and two sets of playing pieces <ref>[http://www.google.de/patents/about?id=PRcdAAAAEBAJ Sensory games - Google Patents]</ref>, the ''Thin Membrane Sensor Board'' as mentioned by [[Mike Watters]] <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/other_patents.html Other Patents] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, and the ''Configurable computer input device'' <ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=EP&NR=0816989 espacenet - Configurable computer input device]</ref>.
=Associated People=
==Programmers==
Professional programmers associated with [[Saitek|SciSys and Saitek]] computers:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Author
! List of computers <ref>List of computers from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] contains various manufacturer</ref>
|-
| [[Craig Barnes]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Barnes,_Craig Barnes, Craig]
|-
| [[David Broughton]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David]
|-
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kaare_Danielsen Danielsen, Kaare]
|-
| [[Mike Johnson]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johnson,_Mike Johnson, Mike]
|-
| [[Julio Kaplan]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Julio_Kaplan Kaplan, Julio]
|-
| [[Johan de Koning]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johan_de_Koning De Koning, Johan]
|-
| [[Frans Morsch]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Frans_Morsch Morsch, Frans]
|-
| [[Dan Spracklen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Spracklen,_Dan_%26_Kathe Spracklen, Dan & Kathe]
|-
| [[Kathe Spracklen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Spracklen,_Dan_%26_Kathe Spracklen, Dan & Kathe]
|-
| [[Mark Taylor]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Taylor,_Mark Taylor, Mark]
|}
==Business People==
* [[Peter Auge]]
* [[David Levy]]
* [[Günter Niggemann]]
* [[Kevin O’Connell]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.ryderems.com/pages_83.html Eric Winkler - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ryder Industries]
* [http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/Winkler_Eric_Ernest_1.html Winkler Eric Ernest - Inventor Patent Directory]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html SciSys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_En SciSys – Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
=References=
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