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[[FILE:TASC_R40.jpg|border|right|thumb|320px|link=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858163361/in/album-72157600922173034/|TASC R40 Display <ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/albums/72157600922173034 Flickr: Fotostream 6.Tasc - Containing The Legendary R40 ...] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''TASC R40''',<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC Processor] at 40 MHz, produced and market by [[TASC]] as successor of the [[TASC R30]] along with their Chess System and the wooden [[TASC SmartBoard|SmartBoard]] with [[Piece Recognition|electronic piece recognition]], released in 1994. Running the same [[The King]] program(s), the R40 had a 10 MHz faster clock frequency than the R30 and 1024 KiB of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] for almost doubled [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] size. Officially only 20 items were manufactured, supposedly even only 6 or 7, considered the strongest dedicated unit of the 90s <ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Tasc_R40 Tasc R40] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. The TASC R40 played the [[Aegon 1994]] and [[Aegon 1997]].
=See also=
* [[ChessMachine]]
* [[TASC R30]]
* [[The King]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=298146 Wanted:Tasc R40] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steven Blincoe]], [[CCC]], May 27, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=428618 Collector's Corner..Resurrection VS.Tasc R40(v2.5)] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[CCC]], May 28, 2005
=External Links=
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/albums/72157600922173034 Flickr: Fotostream 6.Tasc - Containing The Legendary R40 ...] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Tasc_R40 Tasc R40] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarr40.htm Tasc R40] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=35986 The chess games of TASC R40] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
=References=
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[[FILE:TASC_R40.jpg|border|right|thumb|320px|link=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858163361/in/album-72157600922173034/|TASC R40 Display <ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/albums/72157600922173034 Flickr: Fotostream 6.Tasc - Containing The Legendary R40 ...] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''TASC R40''',<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC Processor] at 40 MHz, produced and market by [[TASC]] as successor of the [[TASC R30]] along with their Chess System and the wooden [[TASC SmartBoard|SmartBoard]] with [[Piece Recognition|electronic piece recognition]], released in 1994. Running the same [[The King]] program(s), the R40 had a 10 MHz faster clock frequency than the R30 and 1024 KiB of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] for almost doubled [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] size. Officially only 20 items were manufactured, supposedly even only 6 or 7, considered the strongest dedicated unit of the 90s <ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Tasc_R40 Tasc R40] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. The TASC R40 played the [[Aegon 1994]] and [[Aegon 1997]].
=See also=
* [[ChessMachine]]
* [[TASC R30]]
* [[The King]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=298146 Wanted:Tasc R40] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steven Blincoe]], [[CCC]], May 27, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=428618 Collector's Corner..Resurrection VS.Tasc R40(v2.5)] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[CCC]], May 28, 2005
=External Links=
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/albums/72157600922173034 Flickr: Fotostream 6.Tasc - Containing The Legendary R40 ...] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Tasc_R40 Tasc R40] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarr40.htm Tasc R40] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=35986 The chess games of TASC R40] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
=References=
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