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U.K. version of Intelligent Chess does exist, but I think the German version is more common.

mclane over here has a copy of the English manual, maybe he can confirm the button labels? The 2 I'm unsure of are "Record" and "Reset".
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=16417

There's a low resolution photo of the English version box here:
http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_v...les/10-1980%20[G-0101]%20SciSys%20-%20Intelligent%20Chess.pdf

And there are a few magazine articles reviewing the English version.
I fixed cassette save/load by the way.

"im Gegensatz zu fast allen anderen Geräten verträgt dieses Modell nur sehr kurze Tastenklicks, andernfalls setzt sofort seine Tasten-Wiederholfunktion ein, was häufig zu Fehlern führt!" <-- this is also fixed

Micro Chess: There is a French manual on Zanchetta's site.

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And where's the virtual cassette recorder? ;)
Hmm? At least not in the current version on github (from last night).
E.g. if you want to enter the move e2e4 and press the E-key on the keyboard (or click with the mouse on it) a bit longer (1/2 second or more), then when releasing the key again a 2nd signal is produced and the device reacts with ???? in the display.
So it seems that also releasing the key sends any signal to the device, if the time between press and release is too long.

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

Right, and it was fixed in this commit:
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/comm...bb80547f01b7e7

I don't know where tape control is on MESSUI, but on standard MAME it's in the Tab menu under "Tape Control". And you can create an empty tape under "File Manager"

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Ok, my fault, I've overlooked that intchess uses mm74c922, so I didn't download the update for this driver. :(

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

I expect to make another update later today (including a small fix to this device again)

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

Chess Companion ist emuliert, danke Berger & Achim.

https://www.schach-computer.info/wik...hess_Companion
(BTW: nicht 256 bytes, es hat 1KB RAM)

https://i.imgur.com/BqCPG0H.png

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Wow, das geht ja im Moment Schlag auf Schlag. Naja... dank Corona ist die Unternehmungslust ja sowieso im Keller. Warum also nicht wieder etwas mehr Schach spielen, lach...

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Hi hap,

I have an important question about your yesterdays 6502 bugfix:

When I compared the new 6502.c/h with my old version (from MAME 0.220) I saw, that there have been made massive changes again in many files in cpu/m6502 in the last weeks (probably similar emulation improvements as for the 68000).
Since I can't simply use all those new files (they are not working in 0.220 anymore) and of course I don't want to switch again to a completely new MAME version after only 2 months, I've changed ONLY the few lines (with nmi_pending and irq_taken) in my old m6502.c/h, which you have committed yesterday.

Well, compilation worked without any errors, but many files from cpu/m6502 were recompiled and of course also all devices which use any CPU of this 6502 family.

But now my question: was this ok that I only updated these few lines in my old m6502.c/h which you've committed yesterday, or could this have any negative side effects for other chess devices using a CPU of this 6502 family?

Regards,
Franz

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

I don't think there will be any problems.

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Hi,

der Chess Companion ist jetzt auch enthalten, und das Tastatur-Problem beim Intelligent Chess hat sich auch erledigt.

Grüße,
Franz

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

@mclane if you have the English language manual of Intelligent Chess, can you tell the button labels?

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

2 neue schachcomputer emuliert, danke an Achim und Berger
- CompuChess 2nd edition
- Chess Intercontinental Traveler

Intercontinental Traveler program is nearly identical to Chess Traveler (Novag Pocket Chess). The reason it is faster, is due to faster CPU speed.

https://i.imgur.com/8BqtXWu.png

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Chess Challenger UCC10, wieder danke Achim & Berger

https://i.imgur.com/grOPVSx.png

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Hi hap,

I saw that you've changed the 'Computing' symbol in savant.svg.

There's still one other symbol different to the real display: the arrow for 'Your Move' should be mirrored (i.e. point down) - you can see this in the manual and in some Savant pictures on the internet.

Regards,
Franz

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Hello Franz,

Are you sure? Are the photos on the Internet that you comment on real or simulated in some brochure?

Because when I reverse-engineered the LCD, I didn't see that. See attached photos, please.

Best,
Gerardo

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

I changed it back.

See also:
http://50.76.53.81/RareBoard/SAVANT/Screen_092346.jpg
No hole in "computing" segment, and the arrow does not point down.

The manual and packaging show an earlier version (a prototype?).

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Hi Gerardo,
well, one source was the manual on Alain Zanchetta's website, and then I found 2 photos of real devices:
https://www.schach-computer.info/wik...tei:Savant.jpg
and the last photo here:
http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/...savant_ii.html

But maybe there are different versions of this LCD screen?

Regards,
Franz

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I think the answer is easier: neither photo is "real". :)

I mean "made from a working Savant". Maybe those photos were made of a prototype!

Best,
Gerardo

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Hi,

die letzten 3 Modelle sind jetzt auch in CB-Emu eingebaut (incl. Plugins für WinBoard/Arena):
DCS CompuChess 2nd Edition (bzw. CompuChess II)
Saitek Chess Intercontinental Traveler (eig. SciSys)
Fidelity Chess Challenger 10 (Modell UCC10, auch als CC10-C bezeichnet)

Danke wieder an hap, Berger und Achim!

Grüße,
Franz

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Hallo Franz...

Vielen dank für die neue Version.

Die folgenden Mephisto-Computer funktionieren in MessExtra und MessChess nicht:

Academy
Mega IV
Milano
MM IV
MM IV TurboKit
MM V
MM V TurboKit
Modena
Mondial II
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo IV LE
Nigel Short
Polgar
Polgar 10 MHz
Rebel 5.0
Rebel-X
Rebel-X Turbokit
Super Mondial

Das gleiche Problem war auch in der vorherigen Version. Niemand scheint diese Computer zu benutzen.

Ich hoffe das Problem liegt nicht nur bei mir.

Viele Grüße
Agep

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

Thanks for your bug report. You seem to imply you already knew of the bug during the previous version? The best thing to do is report it rightaway.

Anyway, works fine on MAME, so something went wrong in Franz's version.

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I didn't know that before. I just tried the last version today.

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Hallo Agep,
oh Schreck, das sind keine guten Nachrichten - trotzdem vielen Dank für den Hinweis!

Ich habe auch schon die Ursache gefunden: es war hap's letzte Änderung in m6502.c/h, die anscheinend unter meiner MAME-Version 0.220 doch nicht funktioniert - es sind nämlich nur Modelle mit einer CPU aus der 6502-Familie betroffen.

Zum Glück hab ich mir die Dateien vor dieser Änderung noch gesichert, weil ich mir eben schon damals nicht sicher war, ob diese Neuerung in meiner Version funktioniert.

Also dann wieder ein Schritt zurück und nochmal arbeiten ... ;)

Grüße,
Franz

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Yep, your latest changes in m6502.cpp/h seems to be incompatible with the MAME/MESS version 0.220 which I'm using.
I'll revert the changes in these 2 files (and in saitek_intchess.cpp) again ...

Re: Mess Emulator für diverse Schachcomputer ist fertig!
 

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/comm...d9a8d56132ea9b
is more than 2 files, *.lst files too, not just m6502.cpp and m6502.h