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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]].
=Nostalgia=
* [[Mephisto Portorose]]
* [[Mephisto Rebell]]
* [[Mephisto RiscRISC]]
* [[Mephisto Roma]]
* [[Mephisto Vancouver]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60996 For fans of old chess computers] by [[Franz Huber]], [[CCC]], July 31, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61345 new chess computer: CT800] by [[Rasmus Althoff]], [[CCC]], September 05, 2016 » [[CT800]], [[NG-play]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71639 Dedicated Chess Machine Elo vs Human Elo, a least squares analysis] by JayRod, [[CCC]], August 23, 2019 » [[Playing Strength]]
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