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A short history about Mephisto

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About the company Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)

1969 established in Munich by Manfred Hegener and Florian Glaser for the production of semi-conductors
1978 the Programmers Thomas Nitsche and Elmar Henne came into contact with H+G Thomas Nitsche und Elmar Henne
1980 the "Mephisto" Tradename was created. The Brikett Ã¢â‚¬âCœthe first German Chess Computer- programmed by Thomas Nietsche and Elmar Henne, appeared in the Stores.
1983 to this day, "Mephisto" is synonymously known in Germany for dedicated chess computers
1984 with Richard Lang and his Psion chess (Winner of WMCCC 1984 in Glasgow) began a long series of World Championship successes.
1989 over 90% of all chess computers sold in Germany were MephistoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s
1989 H+G buys "Fidelity Electronics Inc." for ~7 Million US $
1990 the market for high priced chess computers collapses. The reason for this collapse is the growth of performance capable 486 PCÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s and the availability of newly developed low cost strong chess software for PCÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s.
1992 H+G's shows losses of 28 Millionen DM
1992 Ed Schröder wins with Gideon 3.1 (Mephisto Risc 2) the open 7. Chess Computer World Championship WCCC Ã¢â‚¬âCœ ahead of large mainframe computers and special hardware machines!
1994 H+G is bought by "Saitek Ltd." for ~ 7 Millionen DM
1994 Richard LangÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Genius (Mephisto London) beats Garry Kasparov in the Intel World Chess Grand Prix Turnier in London on a Pentium Processor.
1997 Manfred Hegener and Ossi Weiner form the company "Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner" and produce the "Millennium Schachpartner 2000", sold at 99 DM.
2005 Resurrection :-)

Chess computers from the manufacturer Hegener & Glaser

Overview of the modules for the "Modular System"

MM I (~Mephisto III, 1806, 8 MHz)
Mirage (~Mephisto II, 1806, 8 MHz)
S [Budapest] (~Mephisto III, 68000, 12 MHz)
B&P (6502, 3.7 MHz)
Mephisto III-S Glasgow
MM II (6502, 3.7 MHz)
Amsterdam (68000, 12 MHz)
"Mystery Modul" (6502, 3.7 MHz)
Rebell 5.0 (6502, 5 MHz)
Dallas 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz)
Dallas 32 Bit (68020, 14 MHz)
Roma 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz)
Roma 32 Bit (68020, 14 MHz)
MM IV (6502, 5 MHz)
Almeria 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz)
Almeria 32 Bit (68020, 12 MHz)
Rebell 5.0
Roma II (68000, 10 MHz)
Portorose 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz)
Portorose 32 Bit (68020, 12 MHz)
MM V (6502, 5 MHz)
Polgar (6502, 5 MHz)
Polgar 10 MHz (6502, 10 MHz) Beware: modified Exclusive Board
Lyon 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz)
Lyon 32 Bit (68020, 12 MHz)
Vancouver 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz)
Vancouver 32 Bit (68020, 12 MHz)]]
TM Vancouver (68030, 36 MHz)
Genius 68030 (33 MHz)
Risc 1MB (ARM2, 14 MHz)
London 16 Bit (68000, 12 MHz) [Eprom]
London 32 Bit (68020, 12 MHz) [Eprom]
London 68030 (33 MHz) [Eprom]
Risc 2 (ARM2, 14 MHz)
MM VI Schröder (6502, 5 MHz)
MM VI (H8, 10 MHz)
Senator [formerly Boston] (SH7000, 16 MHz)
Magellan [formerly New York] (SH7034, 20 MHz)
Resurrection (StrongARM, 203MHz)
PC Modul (For connecting chess boards from the modular System to a PC via a Serial Cable)

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 *1969 established in Munich by '''Manfred Hegener''' and '''Florian Glaser''' for the production of semi-conductors
-*1978 the  Programmers [[Nietsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar|Thomas Nietsche and Elmar Henne]] came into contact with '''H+G'''  [[Nietsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar|Thomas Nietsche und Elmar Henne]]
+*1978 the  Programmers [[Nitsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar|Thomas Nitsche and Elmar Henne]] came into contact with '''H+G'''  [[Nitsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar|Thomas Nitsche und Elmar Henne]]
 *1980 the "'''Mephisto'''" Tradename was created. The [[Brikett]] Ã¢â‚¬âCœthe first German Chess Computer- programmed by [[Nietsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar|Thomas Nietsche and Elmar Henne]], appeared in the Stores.
 *1983 to this day, "'''Mephisto'''" is synonymously known in Germany for dedicated chess computers