Excalibur Phantom Force
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Excalibur Phantom Force,
a talking robot type dedicated chess computer by Excalibur Electronics, released in 2007 [2].
The computer features a X-Y plotter type actuator with motor driven leadscrews and solenoid able to pick up and move the magnetic pieces,
a sensory board, LCD, and a control button panel.
It has 6502 compatible Sunplus GPLB32A controller [3] running at 5 MHz with integrated 512 kibi ROM, 1216 byte RAM, parallel I/O, UART, PWM/DAC for sound and speech synthesis, and LCD controller.
The Ron Nelson program is a 6502 port of his H8 programs, removing attack maps with respect to available RAM, similar to the earlier Alexandra The Great and Ivan II The Conqueror.
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See also
- Alexandra The Great
- Excalibur Grandmaster
- Excalibur Igor
- Excalibur Mirage
- Fidelity Phantom
- Ivan The Terrible
- Ivan II The Conqueror
- Milton Bradley Phantom
- Robots
Manual
Forum Posts
- Excalibur Phantom Force - Steve B by Bryan Whitby, Hiarcs Forum, September 20, 2007
- Ron Nelson & Talking Chess Computers by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 02, 2016
- Chess Products Ron Nelson designed/programmed by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 11, 2016
- Excalibur Phantom Force self moving chess robot by JohnW, CCC, February 28, 2020
External Links
Chess Computer
- Excalibur Phantom Force by Tom Luif
- Excalibur Phantom Force - Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Excalibur Electronic Chess Computer Collection, The Spacious Mind
- Excalibur Phantom Force self moving chess robot - Gadgetify, February 28, 2020, YouTube Video
Misc
- Excalibur - Wiktionary
- Excalibur from Wikipedia
- phantom - Wiktionary
- Phantom from Wikipedia
- force - Wiktionary
- Force (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
- Force from Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Excalibur Phantom Force by Tom Luif
- ↑ Chess Products Ron Nelson designed/programmed by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 11, 2016
- ↑ Datasheet Archive GPLB32A