my first computer. Ron Nelson program, perhaps 1300 Elo
Spraklen program worth 1500 or more Elo,
voice, 2 Mhz processor, good number of openning lines, lot of
features. Th first computer than ever won a micro computer torunament,
1980
Chess Champion program in a cheaper plastic console and with light improvemet of the prorams, perhaps 1570 elo
Par Excellence, a very good program by the Spracklen. Lot of functions and an enine capable of 1800-2000 elo perfomance
Just one another incarnation of Par Excellence program by the Spracklen. This one talks....1839-50 Elo
4 Mhz processor, Steinitz
module incoroprating Morphy, Capablanca and Grunfeld modules. It
seems to be slightly stronger than Champion. A very well made
computer, durable and reliable.
Sandy Encore Chess is, I believe, the European edition of Morphy 2.5, but I am not sure. It play at most at 1400 in its longer level
Ed Schröder's program, 8 bits, 1985 or 1986
One of the best made units of the 80's. Kittinger program. Exquisitely designed. A must in any collection. 1700 elo.
Very strong program but a nasty, uncomfortable screen, too dimly lighted, ugly pieces, too much functions to handle with a couple of buttons you scarcely can see
First was a Novag unit, later marketed by excalibur. Kittinger program. It has a screen, but it does not show PV lines. Weird
32 Kb Kittinger's program, 26 MHz
Alexandra, another Excalibur-Nelson endeavour. It is nice and stronger than you could think of such a toyish chess computer. My guess: 1700
Avenger is the pretty thing with red buttons in the left file of buttons. It was made by Excalibur with a Ron Nelson program. Many functions and a surprising strong program, 2000 elo I would say, easily
Travel Master's successor, by Franz Morsch, probably a Fritz 1 version, Risc processor, strong in tactics, may be one of the strongest small machines before the Sapphire
a very strong Könning program, 2400 or so. I would say it is version 2.5 of The King, but not sure