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=High and Fall=
In the 80s, [[Module|modular systems]] became quite popular, to make the game playing core component exchangeable and easier and cheaper to update, while leaving the device appearance identifying parts and [[User Interface|user interface]] the same.
In the 80s and early 90s, there was a competitive market for strong dedicated chess computers, and they dominated the early [[Tournamentsand Matches|computer chess tournaments]] dedicated for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor mikroprocessors]. [[Mephisto Montreux]] was the last and lonesome competitor of its genre at the [[WMCCC 1995]]. Today, most dedicated units sold are of beginner and intermediate strength, and have to compete with mobile phone chess programs, for instance engines for [[Android]] or [[iPhone]].
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