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'''CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd.''', (CXG Systems)<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong Hong Kong] based manufacturer of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics consumer electronics] and [[Dedicated Chess Computers|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'' <ref>"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 [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, 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 <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/Krypton%20information.pdf De firma Krypton en Timoride in vogelvlucht] by [[Hein Veldhuis]], Dutch and German pdf</ref>.

=Cassia=
The first dedicated chess computer of Cassia was the [[Cassia Chess Mate]] in 1979, a [[Clones|clone]] of [[Ron Nelson|Ron Nelson's]] [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 10]] <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=122 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 24, 2015</ref> <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/09-1979%20%5BA-3976%5D%20Cassia%20-%20Chess%20Mate.pdf Cassia - Chess Mate], pdf hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]] (Dutch)</ref>, also shipped as ''Toytronic Chess Electronics'' <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Toytronic_Chess_Electronics Toytronic Chess Electronics] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/10-1979%20%5BA-5970%5D%20Toytronic%20-%20Chess%20Electronics.pdf Toytronic - Chess Electronics], pdf hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]] (Dutch)</ref>, and ''CXG Computachess I'' <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=205 Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 24, 2016</ref>.

=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.

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>).

=Selected Computers=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Model
! Programmer
|-
! 1979
| [[Cassia Chess Mate]]
| [[Ron Nelson]] <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/09-1979%20%5BA-3976%5D%20Cassia%20-%20Chess%20Mate.pdf Cassia - Chess Mate], pdf hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]] (Dutch)</ref> <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=205 Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 24, 2016</ref>
|-
! 1981
| [[CXG Sensor Computachess]]
| [[Mark Taylor]]
|-
! 1982
| [[CXG Sensor Computachess|CXG Computachess II]]
| [[Mark Taylor]]
|-
! 1983
| [[CXG Sensor Computachess|Systema Computachess]] <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/computachess.html Systema Computachess Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>
| [[Mark Taylor]]
|-
! 1984
| [[Chess 2001|CXG Chess 2001]]
| [[Richard Lang]]
|-
!
| [[CXG Sensor Computachess|CXG Computachess III]]
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
|-
! 1985
| [[CXG Star Chess]]
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
|-
! 1986
| [[CXG Sphinx#Titan|CXG Sphinx Titan]]
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
|-
!
| [[CXG Star Chess#Advanced|CXG Advanced Star Chess]]
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
|-
! 1987
| [[CXG Sphinx]]
| [[Mark Taylor]]
|-
! 1989
| [[CXG Sphinx#6502|CXG Sphinx Dominator]]
| [[Frans Morsch]]
|-
!
| [[CXG Sphinx#6502|CXG Sphinx Galaxy]]
| [[Frans Morsch]]
|-
! 1992
| [[CXG Sphinx#H8|CXG Sphinx Accolade]]
| [[Gyula Horváth]]
|}

=Associated Programmers=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Author
! List of computers <ref>List of computers from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] contains various manufacturer</ref>
|-
| [[Kaare Danielsen]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kaare_Danielsen Danielsen, Kaare]
|-
| [[Chrilly Donninger]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Donninger,_Christian Donninger, Christian]
|-
| [[Gyula Horváth]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Horvath,_Gyula Horvath, Gyula]
|-
| [[Richard Lang]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Lang,_Richard Lang, Richard]
|-
| [[Frans Morsch]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Frans_Morsch Morsch, Frans]
|-
| [[Mark Taylor]] & [[David Levy]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Taylor,_Mark Taylor, Mark]
|}

=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=122 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 24, 2015 » [[Eric White]]
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=205 Re: Ron Nelson Chess Challenger 10] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 24, 2016 » [[Cassia Chess Mate]] [[Clones|clone]] of [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 10]]

=External Links=
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/cxg.html CXG Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/krypton.html Krypton Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG CXG] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Krypton Krypton] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]

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