Super Enterprise Chess Teardown
11CXG Enterprise S (1985)
Enterprise,
Kaare Danielsen's second chess program for a 6800 instruction set compatible 6301Y controller with 16 KiB ROM and 2.25 KiB RAM. It played the WCCC 1986 against most of the mainframe programs and received respectful one and a half points out of five, with a win against Awit and a draw versus Chat.
Enterprise was sold from 1986 in approximately 50.000 units [2] by Newcrest Technology as CXG Super Enterprise [3], CXG Sphinx Titan, CXG Super Crown [4], CXG Advanced Star Chess and in 1987 by Hegener & Glaser as Mephisto Merlin 16K [5] [6].
Oracle
In his 1996 ICCA Journal paper on CHE, Chrilly Donninger mentions Kaare Danielsen as inventor of the pre-processing Oracle approach for his program CXG Advanced Star Chess [7]. However, there was also the famous Pre Scan Heuristics by David Kittinger as implemented in Super Constellation, and the whole idea was originally implemented in the program Tech by James Gillogly in the late 1960s [8].
CXG Enterprise S (1985) Box CXG Enterprise S (1985) Game Control Buttons CXG Enterprise S (1985) Press Sensory Board
Box
Control Buttons
Sensory Board
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MANUFACTURER
PROGRAMMER
CXG / Newcrest Technology Ltd.
Kaare Danielsen
1600 European
March 1985
$129,00
1276
Year:
MFR ELO:
Original Price:
Wiki ELO:
Model #:
CXG - 208
My Serial #:
259209
Processor OEM
Hitachi
Processor:
HD6301V1
Speed:
Type:
8 Bit
1.78 MHz
ROM:
4 KB x 8 Bit
RAM:
128 x 8 Bit
Battery Type:
4 x AA
Power Adapter:
9V DC 10 mA
Display:
16 Board LEDs
Board Type:
Press Sensory
Overall Size:
Board Size:
9x9 in
10.5/8x9.5/8x5/8
Options Select:
Button Select
Play Levels:
16
Opening Book:
300 Positions
Take Back:
4 Half Moves
Position Setup:
Available
Position Verify:
Available
Move Analysis:
Display Info:
Available
Not Available
Solve Mate:
Mate in 4
Save Game:
Available
Ponder:
Available
Search Depth:
Not Known
Provide Hint:
Not Available
Teach Mode:
Not Available
Change Sides:
Available
Active Level:
TM Level:
C
Infinite Level:
H
7
Hardware Specification
Game Features
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