Commodore ChessMate

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Commodore ChessMate, (Commodore CHESSmate) a dedicated chess computer by Commodore with a program based on MicroChess by Peter Jennings, released in 1978. The computer was built in KIM-1 technology and had a MOS Technology processor of the 6502 family, the 28 pin 6504 could only address 8 kibibytes, where the chess program was persistant in 5 kibibytes of ROM, and used only 320 bytes of RAM. For user interaction, it had a membrane keyboard, four seven-segment displays, and four further status LEDs.

=Tournament Play= Commodore ChessMate played the Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament in March 1978, where it became runner-up behind Sargon.

=See also=
 * 6502
 * Cassia Chess Mate
 * Chessmate
 * Kasparov Chessmate
 * KIM-1
 * MicroChess

=External Links=
 * DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts
 * Secret Weapons of Commodore: The Commodore CHESSmate by Cameron Kaiser
 * Commodore Info Page - Articles: The beginning
 * Ismenio's chess computer collection - Commodore CHESSmate
 * CHESSmate vs. Videopac C7010 | A Commodore Geek's Blog, February 17, 2012 » Videopac C 7010
 * Commodore Chessmate from Wikipedia.ru (Russian)
 * Chessmate from Wikipedia.de (German)
 * Commodore Chessmate from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
 * Commodore CHESSmate (German)
 * Commodore CHESSmate – C64-Wiki (German)
 * Computermuseum Mannheim - Commodore (German)
 * Commodore Chessmate | Geschichten eines Sammlers (German)

=References=

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