Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
08.02.2026, 14:27
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Re: AW: Opening librairies for Constellation
Hello,
I didn't see anything in the manual about active/passive moves.
Are you thinking of a “best move/random” button?
The opening library contains no information other than the order number...
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Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
05.02.2026, 00:47
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Re: Opening librairies for Constellation
Hello,
It's not ready yet, but I'm close to finishing.
I haven't checked (it's past midnight, time for bed), but I'm confident.
The whole file will be available very soon.
1 E2-E4 E7-E5...
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Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
23.01.2026, 19:31
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Opening librairies for Constellation
Hello,
As it is not easy to extract the opening library, I will start with the longest opening in Novag Constellation:
01 E2-E4 E7-E5
02 G1-F3 B8-C6
03 F1-B5 A7-A6
04 B5-A4 G8-F6
05...
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Forum: Die ganze Welt der Schachcomputer / World of chess computers
20.01.2026, 09:44
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Re: Novag Gomoku
Hello Hap,
Thank you for pointing out my mistake.
Tandy and Novag are contradictory.
And so are the ‘copyright 1982’ and the announcement in the 1985 article.
A dump of Gomoku (for the TRS-80...
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Forum: Die ganze Welt der Schachcomputer / World of chess computers
19.01.2026, 18:28
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Re: Novag Gomoku
Hello,
UPDATE : THIS INFORMATION IS NOT TRUE !
A memory dump adds information
0E40 00 20 20 20 43 4F 50 59 . COPY
0E48 52 49 47 48 54 20 31 39 RIGHT 19
0E50 38 32 49 4E 54 45 4C 4C...
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Forum: Die ganze Welt der Schachcomputer / World of chess computers
11.01.2026, 16:23
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Re: Rebel 5.0
Hello,
I worked on the opening libraries and the super constellation was one of them.
I dig up (march 2007!) some statistics, but they need to be verified.
In terms of the number of opening...
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Forum: Technische Fragen und Probleme / Tuning
04.12.2025, 13:56
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Re: Excel Mach III / 3. Version
Hi,
Before I ask my question, two answers regarding messages #4 and #5.
- Yes, the values A778 and 3b62 are simple 16-bit checksums for each ROM in the E2DA version.
- No, for Excel 68000,...
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Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
01.11.2025, 19:46
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A patch for the Novag Constellation
Hi,
The Novag Constellation has some trouble with take back function ("Remis bug", https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Bugs).
This patch fixes it.
In "8314_orange" rom, change
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Forum: Die ganze Welt der Schachcomputer / World of chess computers
25.10.2025, 01:53
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Re: AW: Mephisto T+T (im Academy)
Hello,
It seems to be a bug with nvram.
MessExtra works well at level 40/120 and no nvram file.
(version MessExtra : 46603 Ko, 27/09/25,...
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Forum: Technische Fragen und Probleme / Tuning
04.09.2025, 11:38
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Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
06.07.2025, 13:50
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Re: A patch for Novag Super system III
Hi ,
I have finish the patch for the Novag Super system III.
The patch is implemented in D8C2 in place of many FF :
D8C2: 95 45
D8C4: A9 00
D8C6: 85 1D
D8C8: A9 08
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Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
23.06.2025, 16:27
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Re: A patch for Novag Super system III
Hi Fhub,
In many chess computers, bits are used to indicate if castlings are possible.
When the rook or the king moves, bit change to forbid castling.
In ssystem3|4, bits are used to indicate...
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Forum: Mess Emu & andere Emulationen / Mess Emu and other Emulations
23.06.2025, 16:02
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Re: A patch for Novag Super system III
Hi,
I'm sorry to inform you that my patch isn't working properly.
It's only my fault: I misunderstood the code of ssystem3 (and ssystem4).
I'll come back when I have a solution, but it will be...
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