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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 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 Mephisto’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 PC’s and the availability of newly developed low cost strong chess software for PC’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 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 Lang’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
- Mephisto Academy
- Mephisto Advanced Travel Chess Computer
- Mephisto Alaska
- Mephisto Almeria 68000
- Mephisto Almeria 68020
- Mephisto Almeria 68030
- Mephisto America
- Mephisto America II
- Mephisto Amsterdam
- Mephisto Atlanta
- Mephisto Avanti
- Mephisto B&P
- Mephisto Beach
- Mephisto Berlin 68000
- Mephisto Berlin Professional
- Mephisto Bistro
- Mephisto Champion
- Mephisto Chessbook
- Mephisto Chess Challenger
- Mephisto Chess Explorer
- Mephisto Chess Trainer
- Mephisto College
- Mephisto Dallas 68000
- Mephisto Dallas 68020
- Mephisto ESB 6000
- Mephisto Europa
- Mephisto Europa A
- Mephisto Excalibur
- Mephisto Excalibur Glasgow
- Mephisto Exclusive
- Mephisto Expert Travel Chess
- Mephisto Explorer Pro
- Mephisto Genius 68030
- Mephisto HG 170
- Mephisto HG 240
- Mephisto HG 440
- Mephisto HG 550
- Mephisto I
- Mephisto II
- Mephisto III
- Mephisto III-S Glasgow
- Mephisto Junior (Sensor)
- Mephisto Junior (Tasten)
- Mephisto Junior Master Chess Computer
- Mephisto London 68000
- Mephisto London 68020
- Mephisto London 68030
- Mephisto Lyon 68000
- Mephisto Lyon 68020
- Mephisto Lyon 68030
- Mephisto MM I
- Mephisto MM II
- Mephisto MM IV
- Mephisto MM V
- Mephisto MM VI
- Mephisto MM VI Schröder - was never distributed
- Mephisto Madison
- Mephisto Maestro Travel Chess Computer
- Mephisto Magellan
- Mephisto Manhattan
- Mephisto Marco Polo
- Mephisto Master Chess
- Mephisto Mega IV
- Mein erster Mephisto
- Mephisto Merlin 16K
- Mephisto MeXs
- Mephisto Miami
- Mephisto Micro Travel Chess Computer
- Mephisto Milano
- Mephisto Milano Pro
- Mephisto Mini
- Mephisto Mirage
- Mephisto Mobil
- Mephisto Modena
- Mephisto Modular
- Mephisto Modulare Reihe
- Mephisto Monaco
- Mephisto Mondial
- Mephisto Mondial II
- Mephisto Mondial 68000XL
- Mephisto Montana
- Mephisto Monte Carlo
- Mephisto Monte Carlo IV
- Mephisto Monte Carlo IV LE
- Mephisto Montreal 68000
- Mephisto Montreux
- Mephisto Mystery
- Mephisto Mystery Modul
- Mephisto Mythos
- Mephisto München
- Mephisto Nigel Short
- Mephisto Phantom
- Mephisto PC Modul
- Mephisto PC Schachbrett (Electronic chess board connected to a PC)
- Mephisto Polgar
- Mephisto Polgar 10 MHz Beware: modified Exclusive Board
- Mephisto Portorose 68000
- Mephisto Portorose 68020
- Mephisto Portorose 68030
- Mephisto Rebell 5.0
- Mephisto Risc 1MB
- Mephisto Risc 2
- Mephisto Roma 68000
- Mephisto Roma 68020
- Mephisto Roma II
- Mephisto Schachakademie
- Mephisto Schachschule
- Mephisto Schachschule II
- Mephisto Senator
- Mephisto Super Mondial
- Mephisto Super Mondial II
- Mephisto Supermini
- Mephisto Talking Chess Trainer
- Mephisto Talking Chess Academy
- Mephisto TM Almeria
- Mephisto TM Portorose
- Mephisto TM Lyon
- Mephisto TM Vancouver
- Mephisto TM London
- Mephisto Travel Chess
- Mephisto Vancouver 68000
- Mephisto Vancouver 68020
- Mephisto Vancouver 68030
- Mephisto Wundermaschine
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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