====== Hegener & Glaser Mephisto Roma 16bit / 32bit (1987) ======
===== Features =====
* CPU: 68000 12 MHz / 68020 14 MHz
* ROM: 64 KB
* RAM: 16 KB / 64 KB
===== History and Trivia =====
Founded in 1969 by Manfred Hegener and Florian Glaser, Hegener & Glaser became at the beginning of the 80s synonyms of Chess Computer in Germany, with its series of Mephisto Chess Computers.
They produced a lot of different models, both as standalone Chess Computers and as Modules for the Mephisto Modular Series. The latter consisted of a chessboard with some expansion slots, able to contain different Modules.
The first Modules were produced around 1983 (MM I Series, based on a 1806 CPU at 8 MHz), and the production kept going until 1998 (Senator and Magellan Modules, based on SH7000 CPU at 16-20 MHz)
Mephisto Roma was introduced in 1987. It was programmed by Richard Lang and was available in two version: one based on a 16bit CPU (68000) and one based on a 32bit CPU (68020). No great changes were made compared to Mephisto Dallas.
For a list of Chess Computers produced by Hegener & Glaser, look at this page (schachcomputer.at) -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_En|this page (schach-computer.info)]] or [[http://www.schachcomputer.at/emephist.htm.
===== Links =====
* Mephisto products still sold by Saitek -- http://www.saitek.com/chess/de/chess.htm
* Mephisto Roma at schachcomputer.at -- http://www.schachcomputer.at/emephist.htm
* Mephisto Roma 16bit at schach-computer.info -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Roma_68000
* Mephisto Roma 32bit at schach-computer.info -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Roma_68020
* A short history of Hegener & Glaser Mephisto -- http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_En
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