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a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] manufactured from 1981 until 1983 by [[VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt|VEB Funkwerk Erfurt]], in 1983 renamed to [[VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt|VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt]].
The SC 2 ran on an 8-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880 U880] CPU, which was an unlicensed [[Z80]] clone, and had 9 KB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] and 1 KB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]]. The chess program was an apparently re-engineered, slightly modified [[Clones:Category:Clone|clone]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt#Zweite_Auflage VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt - Zweite Auflage] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)</ref> <ref>[[Karsten Bauermeister]] ('''1999'''). ''Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n)''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]]. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/software/software.htm Copyright und illegal genutzte westliche Software] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> of [[Ron Nelson|Ron Nelson's]] program of the [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 10 C]] manufactured by [[Fidelity Electronics]].
=Quotes=
Excerpt from Holger Schacht's March 2011 article in, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Kurier Berliner Kurier] <ref>[http://www.berliner-kurier.de/archiv/rechner-trieb-den-staatschef-der-ddr-zur-weissglut-und-war-dennoch-ein-grosser-verlierer-dieser-computer-setzte-honecker-schachmatt,8259702,8307812.html Rechner trieb den Staatschef der DDR zur Weißglut und war dennoch ein großer Verlierer: Dieser Computer setzte Honecker schachmatt] by [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=102405 Holger Schacht], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Kurier Berliner Kurier], March 04, 2011 (German)</ref>:
Developer [[Rüdiger Worbs]]: "The SC2 was the first device manufactured by ten female laborer on the assembly line, they built about 1000". But despite various presentations at trade shows, it did not lead to the desired export. The slightly revised program was stolen by from a U.S. inventor, the market is already saturated in the West. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany GDR], only a few hundred items were available over the counter. 2180 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_mark East mark] costs the electrical brain - about three months' wages for ordinary people. Meanwhile, the "SC2" is considered a "collector's item". At the last auction on the Internet, he went away for 49 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro Euro].
=See also=
* [[Christian Posthoff]], [[Günter Reinemann]] ('''1987'''). ''Computerschach - Schachcomputer''. Berlin: Akademie-Verl., ISBN-13: 978-3055002281, with cooperation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Knaak Rainer Knaak], [[Michael Schlosser]], [[Rainer Staudte]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] (German)
* [[Karsten Bauermeister]] ('''1999'''). ''Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n)''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]]. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2020'''). ''Computer Chess and Chess Computers in East Germany''. [[ICGA Journal#42_23|ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, Nos. 2-3]]
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