Mephisto Mondial

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Mephisto Mondial,
a dedicated chess computer released in 1985 by Hegener & Glaser, running a program for a 6502 processor by Frans Morsch - his commercial debut. Mondial was based on Nona, which won the amateur tournament at the WMCCC 1985 in Amsterdam, and short later the DOCCC 1985. Nona was ported [1] to Ed Schröder's faster interface code for the Mephisto hardware [2], and Ed acknowledged Frans did a better job than he did at that times [3] [4]. According to Jan Louwman, Mondial had a selective layer of three plies performing a kind of Shannon Type B Strategy [5].

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Frans Morsch with Nona aka Mephisto Mondial, HCC [6] days in Utrecht [7] |

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References

  1. Gerhard Piel (1985). Interview mit Manfred Hegener. (pdf) Erwerbsquelle: 10-1985, Zeitschrift Schachcomputer (Herausgeber Florian Piel), Edition 20, S. 6-8, Gerhard Piel: Neue Programme von neuen Programmierern. (German) hosted by Hein Veldhuis
  2. Re: Question for Ed Schröder about Nona by Ed Schröder, CCC, April 03, 2012
  3. Schröder, Ed from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
  4. Re: assembly--not really that fast by Ed Schröder, CCC, January 15, 2002
  5. Jan Louwman (1985). Mephisto Mondial, volledige uitvoering en goedkoop. Computerschaak, pagina 2 (Dutch)
  6. Wat is HCC?
  7. Jan Louwman (1985). Mephisto Mondial, volledige uitvoering en goedkoop. Computerschaak, pagina 2 (Dutch)

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