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Revelation, a dedicated chess computer system by Phoenix Chess Systems, developed by its founder and CEO Ruud Martin. While a prototype was introduced in 2006, the Revelation was first shipped in June 2008 and superseded by its successor Revelation II in 2013. The system features a sensory board, an XScale PXA255 32-bit processor at 500 MHz with 32 MiB of RAM, and firmware and chess engines in non-volatile flash memory. In 2009, the Revelation also appeared as module set for Mephisto boards.

=Panel=

A six button and OLED panel realize a menu-driven graphical user interface to configure and choose engines, and to control and indicate system modes and states. A wireless Bluetooth connection allows native engine or firmware updates, and due to the UCI server, also allows using the Revelation as dedicated user interface for UCI engines running on a PC.

=Chess Engines=

Native Engines

 * Deep Sjeng 1.8 and 3.0 by Gian-Carlo Pascutto
 * Fruit ´05 and 2.1 by Fabien Letouzey
 * HIARCS 13 by Mark Uniacke (2011 )
 * Ruffian 2.1 by Perola Valfridsson
 * Rybka 2.2 by Vasik Rajlich
 * Shredder 11 and 12 by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (optional)
 * Toga 1.0 and 1.2 by Thomas Gaksch

Richard Lang Emulation

 * Mephisto by Richard Lang
 * Mephisto Amsterdam
 * Mephisto Dallas
 * Mephisto Roma
 * Mephisto Almeria
 * Mephisto Portorose
 * Mephisto Lyon
 * Mephisto Vancouver
 * Mephisto London

Misc Emulations

 * Mephisto III-S Glasgow by Elmar Henne and Thomas Nitsche
 * Mephisto Polgar by Ed Schröder
 * Mephisto Rebell 5.0
 * Mephisto MM IV
 * Mephisto MM V


 * Novag Super Expert B and C by David Kittinger
 * Novag Diablo

=See also=
 * DGT Board
 * Gavon
 * PicoChess
 * Resurrection II
 * Revelation II

=Forum Posts=
 * Greetings from Phoenix Chess Systems by Ruud Martin, Hiarcs Forum, August 21, 2007
 * Revelation #001 delivered today to .. and breaking news by Ruud Martin, Hiarcs Forum, June 11, 2008
 * Der große Revelation Erfahrungen, Meinungen und Wünsche Thread by Mythbuster, Schachcomputer Info Forum, September 04, 2009 (German)
 * Dedicated Chess Computer Emulations by Steve Blincoe, CCC, June 18, 2010
 * Phoenix Systems Revelation Test Scores by Spacious Mind, Hiarcs Forum, August 29, 2015

=External Links=

Chess System

 * Revelation Chess Board from Phoenix Chess Systems, May 08, 2008
 * 13.Phoenix-Revelation Resurrection-II on Flickr by Chewbanta
 * Revelation from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
 * Revelation Module Set from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)

Misc

 * Revelation - Wiktionary
 * revelation - Wiktionary
 * Revelation from Wikipedia
 * Revelation (disambiguation) from Wikipedia

=References=

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