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In the 80s ''VEB Funkwerk Erfurt'' and ''VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt'' manufactured various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] based on their own produced [[Z80]] clone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880 U880] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/komponenten/ic.htm#u880 Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.z1013.de/u880_befehle.html Der Befehlssatz des U880]</ref>, notably the [[SC 1]] and [[SC 2]], which in turn were [[:Category:Clone|clones]] <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]] [[Chess Challenger]] programs, manufactured by [[Fidelity Electronics]], and since 1983/84 the [[Chess-Master]] models with programs written by [[Dieter Schultze]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] and [[Wolfgang Pähtz]].  
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In the 80s ''VEB Funkwerk Erfurt'' and ''VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt'' manufactured various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] based on their own produced [[Z80]] clone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880 U880] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/komponenten/ic.htm#u880 Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.z1013.de/u880_befehle.html Der Befehlssatz des U880]</ref>, notably the [[SC 1]] and [[SC 2]], which in turn were [[:Category:Clone|clones]] <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]] [[Chess Challenger]] programs, manufactured by [[Fidelity Electronics]], and since 1983/84 the [[Chess-Master]] models with programs by [[Dieter Schultze]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] and [[Wolfgang Pähtz]]. However, Chess-Master was a clone of the [[Chafitz ARB Sargon 2.5|Sargon 2.5]] [[6502]] program  by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]] <ref>[[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2020'''). ''Computer Chess and Chess Computers in East Germany''. [[ICGA Journal#42_23|ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, Nos. 2-3]]</ref>.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 16 November 2020

Home * Organizations * VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt

Funkwerk Erfurt [1]

VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt,
prior to 1983 labeled the VEB Funkwerk Erfurt, was a people-owned enterprise (Volkseigener Betrieb, VEB) manufacturing microelectronics and semiconductor devices, located in Erfurt, East Germany at that time [2] [3], and head of the correspondent VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt combine producing under the trademark Rundfunk- und Fernmelde-Technik (RFT) [4]. Funkwerk Erfurt emerged from a former Telefunken facility during the Socialization in East Germany in 1948. After the Wende in 1990 it successively evolved to the X-FAB Silicon Foundries.

Chess Computers

In the 80s VEB Funkwerk Erfurt and VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt manufactured various dedicated chess computers based on their own produced Z80 clone U880 [5] [6], notably the SC 1 and SC 2, which in turn were clones [7] of Ron Nelson's Chess Challenger programs, manufactured by Fidelity Electronics, and since 1983/84 the Chess-Master models with programs by Dieter Schultze, Rüdiger Worbs and Wolfgang Pähtz. However, Chess-Master was a clone of the Sargon 2.5 6502 program by Dan and Kathe Spracklen [8].

Photos

Erfurt Computer Chess Team

Rft programmierer.jpg

Erfurt computer chess team in 1983, programmer Rüdiger Worbs, project leader Holger Faltermeier
and chess consultant IM (Bernd ?) Stein [9]

Honorary names

were frequently added to the VEB actual names. VEB Mikroelektronik ...

Karl Marx 001.jpg
Fotothek df roe-neg 0002793 004 Portrait Wilhelm Piecks im Publikum der Bachfeier.jpg
... „Karl Marx[10] Erfurt ... „Wilhelm PieckMühlhausen [11]

U80701

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Erich Honecker receives the U80701, developed by reverse engineering the MicroVAX 78032,
SED central committee, August 14, 1989 [12]

Publications

External Links

VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt (German)
VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt (German)
VEB Mikroelektronik „Wilhelm Pieck“ Mühlhausen (German)

References

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