Difference between revisions of "Newcrest Technology"

From Chessprogramming wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 10: Line 10:
  
 
=CXG=
 
=CXG=
−
In 1981, Eric White started the collaboration with [[David Levy|David Levy's]] and [[Kevin O’Connell|Kevin O’Connell's]] new company [[Intelligent Software]]. ''White and Allcock's'' first own dedicated chess computer was the [[CXG Sensor Computachess]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG_Sensor_Computachess CXG Sensor Computachess] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> with a 4-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Ltd. Hitachi] processor [[HD44801]], and the program by [[Mark Taylor]] using only 160 [[Nibble|nibbles]] of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], which predecessor was already instantiated in the [[Saitek|SciSys]] [[Mini Chess]] series earlier this year. '''CXG''' became brand name of ''White and Allcock'' and since 1984 CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd.  
+
In 1981, Eric White started the collaboration with [[David Levy|David Levy's]] and [[Kevin O’Connell|Kevin O’Connell's]] new company [[Intelligent Software]]. ''White and Allcock's'' first own dedicated chess computer was the [[CXG Sensor Computachess]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG_Sensor_Computachess CXG Sensor Computachess] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> with a 4-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Ltd. Hitachi] processor [[HMCS4xC|HD44801]], and the program by [[Mark Taylor]] using only 160 [[Nibble|nibbles]] of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], which predecessor was already instantiated in the [[Saitek|SciSys]] [[Mini Chess]] series earlier this year. '''CXG''' became brand name of ''White and Allcock'' and since 1984 CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd.  
  
−
Chess computers were designed in Hong Kong, manufactured in China, and then marketed under various brand names and retailers, including [[Newcrest Technology#CXG|CXG]] <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/cxg.html CXG Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG CXG] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>, Computer Games Ltd. (CGL), ComputaChess, Crown, Hanimex, Unimex, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation Tandy] via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack RadioShack], [[Newcrest Technology#Krypton|Krypton]] <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/krypton.html Krypton] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Krypton Krypton] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC#Schneider_Computer_Division Schneider] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Schneider Schneider] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/schneider.html Schneider Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>, Systema and Toytronic. In 1998 in partnership with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Electronics Tiger Electronics] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro Hasbro]) <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/tiger.html Tiger Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind ]]</ref>, White produced the [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tiger_Grenadier Tiger Grenadier] and [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngTigVM.html Tiger Voice Master] <ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngTigVM.html Tiger Voice Master] from [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tluif/EngStart.html Tom's English Homepage] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tluif/ Tom Luif]</ref>. Chess computers were also manufactured for [[Excalibur Electronics|Excalibur]] and [[Millennium 2000]] <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/Millennium%20information.pdf De firma Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner in vogelvlucht] by [[Hein Veldhuis]], Dutch and German pdf</ref>. [[David Levy]] was the source of programs for all cheaper models <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, using ''Sunplus 8-bit'' chips <ref>[http://mcu.sunplusmcu.com/applications/Treadmill.asp Sunplus MCU]</ref> (now ''Generalplus'' <ref>[http://www.generalplus.com/ Generalplus homepage]</ref>).
+
Chess computers were designed in Hong Kong, manufactured in China, and then marketed under various brand names and retailers, including [[Newcrest Technology#CXG|CXG]] <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/cxg.html CXG Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG CXG] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>, Computer Games Ltd. (CGL), ComputaChess, Crown, Hanimex, Unimex, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation Tandy] via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack RadioShack], [[Newcrest Technology#Krypton|Krypton]] <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/krypton.html Krypton] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Krypton Krypton] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC#Schneider_Computer_Division Schneider] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Schneider Schneider] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/schneider.html Schneider Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>, Systema and Toytronic. In 1998 in partnership with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Electronics Tiger Electronics] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro Hasbro]) <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/tiger.html Tiger Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind ]]</ref>, White produced the [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tiger_Grenadier Tiger Grenadier] and [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngTigVM.html Tiger Voice Master] <ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngTigVM.html Tiger Voice Master] from [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tluif/EngStart.html Tom's English Homepage] by [[Tom Luif]]</ref>. Chess computers were also manufactured for [[Excalibur Electronics|Excalibur]] and [[Millennium 2000]] <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/Millennium%20information.pdf De firma Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner in vogelvlucht] by [[Hein Veldhuis]], Dutch and German pdf</ref>. [[David Levy]] was the source of programs for all cheaper models <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, using ''Sunplus 8-bit'' chips <ref>[http://mcu.sunplusmcu.com/applications/Treadmill.asp Sunplus MCU]</ref> (now ''Generalplus'' <ref>[http://www.generalplus.com/ Generalplus homepage]</ref>).
  
 
=Selected Computers=
 
=Selected Computers=

Latest revision as of 15:28, 23 December 2020

Home * Organizations * Newcrest Technology

CXG Logo [1]

CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd., (CXG Systems)
a Hong Kong based manufacturer of consumer electronics and dedicated chess computers managed by Australian technologist Eric White along with Ken Cohen. CXG forerunner were founded in 1979 as Cassia and in 1981 as White and Allcock [2], renamed in 1984 to CXG Newcrest Technology Limited, in 1991 changed over to National Telecommunications System Ltd. with further successors Krypton Ltd. (1994) and Timorite Ltd. (1995-1996), Systema Leisure Ltd. (1997-2001), and subsequently other Hong Kong companies, continuing the dedicated computer business [3].

Cassia

The first dedicated chess computer of Cassia was the Cassia Chess Mate in 1979, a clone of Ron Nelson's Chess Challenger 10 [4] [5], also shipped as Toytronic Chess Electronics [6] [7], and CXG Computachess I [8].

CXG

In 1981, Eric White started the collaboration with David Levy's and Kevin O’Connell's new company Intelligent Software. White and Allcock's first own dedicated chess computer was the CXG Sensor Computachess [9] with a 4-bit Hitachi processor HD44801, and the program by Mark Taylor using only 160 nibbles of RAM, which predecessor was already instantiated in the SciSys Mini Chess series earlier this year. CXG became brand name of White and Allcock and since 1984 CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd.

Chess computers were designed in Hong Kong, manufactured in China, and then marketed under various brand names and retailers, including CXG [10] [11], Computer Games Ltd. (CGL), ComputaChess, Crown, Hanimex, Unimex, Tandy via RadioShack, Krypton [12] [13], Schneider [14] [15], Systema and Toytronic. In 1998 in partnership with Tiger Electronics (Hasbro) [16], White produced the Tiger Grenadier and Tiger Voice Master [17]. Chess computers were also manufactured for Excalibur and Millennium 2000 [18]. David Levy was the source of programs for all cheaper models [19], using Sunplus 8-bit chips [20] (now Generalplus [21]).

Selected Computers

Year Model Programmer
1979 Cassia Chess Mate Ron Nelson [22] [23]
1981 CXG Sensor Computachess Mark Taylor
1982 CXG Computachess II Mark Taylor
1983 Systema Computachess [24] Mark Taylor
1984 CXG Chess 2001 Richard Lang
CXG Computachess III Kaare Danielsen
1985 CXG Star Chess Kaare Danielsen
1986 CXG Sphinx Titan Kaare Danielsen
CXG Advanced Star Chess Kaare Danielsen
1987 CXG Sphinx Mark Taylor
1989 CXG Sphinx Dominator Frans Morsch
CXG Sphinx Galaxy Frans Morsch
1992 CXG Sphinx Accolade Gyula Horváth

Associated Programmers

Author List of computers [25]
Kaare Danielsen Danielsen, Kaare
Chrilly Donninger Donninger, Christian
Gyula Horváth Horvath, Gyula
Richard Lang Lang, Richard
Frans Morsch Morsch, Frans
Mark Taylor & David Levy Taylor, Mark

Forum Posts

External Links

References

  1. ↑ CXG Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
  2. ↑ "White and Allcock was meant to be a joke name for the partnership, the ‘all cock’ being Ken Cohen. It became a source of amusement to White and Cohen that their Chinese colleagues never realised". Quote from Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
  3. ↑ De firma Krypton en Timoride in vogelvlucht by Hein Veldhuis, Dutch and German pdf
  4. ↑ Re: Ron Nelson by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 24, 2015
  5. ↑ Cassia - Chess Mate, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Toytronic Chess Electronics from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
  7. ↑ Toytronic - Chess Electronics, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis (Dutch)
  8. ↑ Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10 by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 24, 2016
  9. ↑ CXG Sensor Computachess from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
  10. ↑ CXG Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
  11. ↑ CXG from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
  12. ↑ Krypton from The Spacious Mind
  13. ↑ Krypton from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
  14. ↑ Schneider from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
  15. ↑ Schneider Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
  16. ↑ Tiger Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
  17. ↑ Tiger Voice Master from Tom's English Homepage by Tom Luif
  18. ↑ De firma Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner in vogelvlucht by Hein Veldhuis, Dutch and German pdf
  19. ↑ Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
  20. ↑ Sunplus MCU
  21. ↑ Generalplus homepage
  22. ↑ Cassia - Chess Mate, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis (Dutch)
  23. ↑ Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10 by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, January 24, 2016
  24. ↑ Systema Computachess Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
  25. ↑ List of computers from Schachcomputer.info Wiki contains various manufacturer

Up one Level

Retrieved from "https://www.chessprogramming.org/index.php?title=Newcrest_Technology&oldid=22983"