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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://chess-computer.blogspot.co.uk/ Chess Computer] by Pit (mostly German) <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6578&sid=b7c1e806c342b662b536ab62b24d7929 Excellent Chess Computer Web Site] by [[Bryan Whitby|Chessmaster Ireland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], February 08, 2014</ref>
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.chesscomputer.org/ Chess Computer | Collectors Magazine]* [http://chesseval.com/ChessEvalJournal/Editorial/EditorialMierloindex.htm html ChessEval Journal], Editor of Chief: [[Maurice M. Ohayon]], Associate Editor: [[Hans van Mierlo]]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/ Computer Collection on Flickr] by [[Steve Blincoe]]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/index.html Electronic Chess Computers & Computer Chess] by [[The Spacious Mind]]
