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Novag Sapphire, a portable dedicated chess computer by Novag with a Hitachi H8 8-bit microcontroller, running a program based on WChess by David Kittinger in 64 KiB of ROM using 129 KiB of RAM including 118 Kib for transposition tables. The pocket computer was released in 1994, along with the desktop Diamond version with a pressure sensory board with the same program. Sapphire and Diamond both support the Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board, and were members of the Novag Super System. = Novag Sapphire II= The Novag Sapphire II and Novag Diamond II, released in 1997 used faster clock frequency and a improved WChess software in 160 KiB ROM in almost the same housing.

=See also=
 * Novag Citrine
 * Novag Star Diamond
 * Novag Super System
 * Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board
 * WChess

=Forum Posts=
 * Question about Novag Diamond by Amstaff, CCC, May 20, 2007
 * Novag Star Sapphire vs Sapphire vs Sapphire II by Vonderlasa, Hiarcs Forum, May 06, 2012
 * The Portable Collector: Novag Sapphire II Portable Wood by SirDave, Hiarcs Forum, October 07, 2013
 * Novag Sapphire2 Chess Computer by 7Chessfan7, Hiarcs Forum, March 08, 2014
 * Novag Sapphire vs. Magnus Carlsen by Vonderlasa, Hiarcs Forum, March 01, 2015 » Play Magnus

=External Links=

Chess Computers

 * Novag Sapphire Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
 * Novag Diamond Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
 * Novag Sapphire II Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
 * Novag Diamond II Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
 * Inside the Novag Sapphire II by Richard Tervo
 * Novag Diamond from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
 * Novag Sapphire from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
 * Novag Sapphire II from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
 * Novag Diamond II from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
 * Novag Sapphire II de Luxe from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
 * Novag Sapphire, Universalboard from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)
 * Novag Sapphire II from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)

Misc

 * Diamond from Wikipedia
 * Sapphire from Wikipedia

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