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[[FILE:MephistoMM4turbokit.jpg|border|right|thumb|376px|link=http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html|Mephisto MMIV with Turbo Kit, 1987 <ref>[http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html MM IV] from [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> ]]
'''Mephisto MM IV''',<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] [[Module|module]] for [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto module systems]] by [[Hegener & Glaser]] launched in 1987 as successor of [[Mephisto Rebell]]. [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] program run on a [[6502|65C02]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS CMOS] processor. The MM IV played the [[First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989]], and was runner-up, only losing from its stable mate [[Mephisto Almeria]] with a [[Richard Lang|Lang]] program and a much more powerful [[68020]] 32-bit processor <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Almeria_68020 Mephisto Almeria 68020] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>.
However, in 1988 the '''MM IV Turbo Kit''' with the discrete [[6502#TK20|TK 20]] processor by ''Schaetzle+Bsteh'' took the lead in the [[SSDF]] rating list <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Chess_Computer_Association#Rating_list_year-end_leaders Swedish Chess Computer Association - Leaders year by year from Wikipedia]</ref>,
threatening H&G's marketing strategy of high end market with superior hardware and Lang programs versus middle class market and low end market with average and limited hardware with Schröder and [[Frans Morsch|Morsch]] programs <ref>[http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html MM IV] from [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Mephisto MM II]]
* [[Mephisto MM V]]
* [[Mephisto Polgar]]
* [[Mephisto Rebell]]
* [[Mephisto RISC]]
* [[Rebel]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31660 Mephisto MM IV/MM V as Winboard engine] by [[Alexander Schmidt]], [[CCC]], January 12, 2010
=External Links=
* [http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html MM IV] from [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/dedicated.htm Dedicated chess computers - Home of the Dutch Rebel] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/mephisto.htm Back to the 80's with UCI] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] » [[UCI]]
* [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_mephisto_exclusive.html Ismenio's chess computer collection - Module Mephisto MM IV 6502 5 MHz]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/module_mm_iv.html Module MM IV] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/MM_IV Mephisto MM IV] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
: [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_MM_V Mephisto MM V]
: [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Monte_Carlo_IV Mephisto Monte Carlo IV]
* [http://www.365chess.com/players/Comp_Mephisto_MM_IV Comp Mephisto MM IV chess games - 365Chess.com]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto_%28chess_computer%29 Mephisto (chess computer) from Wikipedia]
=References=
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'''[[Mephisto|Up one level]]'''
[[FILE:MephistoMM4turbokit.jpg|border|right|thumb|376px|link=http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html|Mephisto MMIV with Turbo Kit, 1987 <ref>[http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html MM IV] from [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> ]]
'''Mephisto MM IV''',<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] [[Module|module]] for [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto module systems]] by [[Hegener & Glaser]] launched in 1987 as successor of [[Mephisto Rebell]]. [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] program run on a [[6502|65C02]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS CMOS] processor. The MM IV played the [[First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989]], and was runner-up, only losing from its stable mate [[Mephisto Almeria]] with a [[Richard Lang|Lang]] program and a much more powerful [[68020]] 32-bit processor <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Almeria_68020 Mephisto Almeria 68020] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>.
However, in 1988 the '''MM IV Turbo Kit''' with the discrete [[6502#TK20|TK 20]] processor by ''Schaetzle+Bsteh'' took the lead in the [[SSDF]] rating list <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Chess_Computer_Association#Rating_list_year-end_leaders Swedish Chess Computer Association - Leaders year by year from Wikipedia]</ref>,
threatening H&G's marketing strategy of high end market with superior hardware and Lang programs versus middle class market and low end market with average and limited hardware with Schröder and [[Frans Morsch|Morsch]] programs <ref>[http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html MM IV] from [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Mephisto MM II]]
* [[Mephisto MM V]]
* [[Mephisto Polgar]]
* [[Mephisto Rebell]]
* [[Mephisto RISC]]
* [[Rebel]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31660 Mephisto MM IV/MM V as Winboard engine] by [[Alexander Schmidt]], [[CCC]], January 12, 2010
=External Links=
* [http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/mm4.html MM IV] from [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/dedicated.htm Dedicated chess computers - Home of the Dutch Rebel] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/mephisto.htm Back to the 80's with UCI] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] » [[UCI]]
* [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_mephisto_exclusive.html Ismenio's chess computer collection - Module Mephisto MM IV 6502 5 MHz]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/module_mm_iv.html Module MM IV] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/MM_IV Mephisto MM IV] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
: [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_MM_V Mephisto MM V]
: [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Monte_Carlo_IV Mephisto Monte Carlo IV]
* [http://www.365chess.com/players/Comp_Mephisto_MM_IV Comp Mephisto MM IV chess games - 365Chess.com]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto_%28chess_computer%29 Mephisto (chess computer) from Wikipedia]
=References=
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'''[[Mephisto|Up one level]]'''
