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====== Novag Industries Chess Champion MKII / Super System II (1979) ======




===== Features =====

* 4 7segment led digit
* Integrated speaker
* Plug for external power supply



===== Usage =====

For the computer to start as white:

Pinout and instructions for reading ROMs are in messroms.txt



===== Known Issues =====

* Random number generation is not accurate (rriot6530 emulation)

* Led emulation not accurate (noticeable while computer is thinking)



===== History and Trivia =====

Early Chess Computer programmed by David Levy (or Peter Jennings?) and produced by Novag Industries Ltd.

It was sold from several firms in Germany as MK2. 2 designs are known, but they seems to be functional the same.

For a list of Chess Computers produced by Novag Industries, look at this page (schachcomputer.at) -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_En|this page (schach-computer.info)]] or [[http://www.schachcomputer.at/novag1.htm



===== Links =====

* MKII at schachcomputer.at -- http://www.schachcomputer.at/novag1.htm
* MKII at schach-computer.info -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Chess_Champion_MK_II
* a short history of Novag Industries -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_En




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