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blaubaer wrote: The pcb of the board is modified in that way, that it can be easily assembled back to the original setup to serve a Mephisto III briquet.

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That's good and thoughtful at least you are not permanently doing away with the ESB Mephisto III computer.

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spacious_mind wrote: PS. For those of you that don't know, Michael is the father of Mysticum and he holds classes in Germany that people can attend to build their own chess computer.

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I have been there 2 years ago, had a great time and learn a lot on the Mysticum workshop.

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Hi,

if you are interested in reading more about Mysticum and its performance please click here: http://www.miclangschach.de/index.php?n=Main.MysticumE

I translated my Mysticum page into English! :wink:

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Hi,

have a look at this nice Mysticum built into an original Exclusive Board:

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blaubaer wrote:Hi,

have a look at this nice Mysticum built into an original Exclusive Board:

Regards, Michael
Now that Mysticum looks really nice.

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blaubaer wrote:Hi,

have a look at this nice Mysticum built into an original Exclusive Board:

Regards, Michael
Very impressive :-)


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Hi Peter,

your ESB 6000 board would be a suitable candidate for Mysticum... :wink:

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blaubaer wrote:Hi Peter,

your ESB 6000 board would be a suitable candidate for Mysticum... :wink:

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Yes plenty of room inside and so would my exclusive board but at the moment i think i will keep them as original, thanks


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Hi Peter,

what a pity! I hope you won't regret it, but it's never too late....

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Hi,

my admission ticket to this forum.... :P

[img]http:///www.miclangschach.de/images/MysticumHiarcs13.1.jpg[/img]

Ooops, old version....

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blaubaer wrote:
[img]http:///www.miclangschach.de/images/MysticumHiarcs13.1.jpg[/img]
CLEARLY your ....

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Mysticum #6

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Hi,

here's the recent one! :idea:

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Neverending Mysticum Regards,
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Hi,

after almost one year of mystic silence, I can tell you, that the baby is still alive and it is evolving into the next, the third, development stage!

Guido, who is again very busy with the Mysticum code, presented the next generation of Mysticum, which got lost of the discrete components display and push buttons. With the new software and a touchscreen Windows tablet or media box (like PiPo), display and push buttons are now located on the screen and can be operated here.

This leds to a more simple buildup of the whole chess computer.

Look here:
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I must admit, the screen looks still simple, but it shows the principle direction. The software is still under development, but for the moment you can already play, select any engine from your archive and preset the time mode.

This picture shows an exemplary build up in 81 LED variant:
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Sure, you still have to work on the board itself to wire reeds and LEDs and solder the mysticum pcb, but woodwork gets simple now. Display and push buttons are still temporary connectable but not built into the housing and not necessary for the operation of the chess computer.

Hope I could convince a big part of the dedicated chess computer fraction to open their mind and use their hands to build up a wonderful new toy... 8)

You can find some more posts in German here (the pictures show the principle build up): http://www.miclangschach.de/forum/viewt ... =273#p4002
http://www.miclangschach.de/forum/viewt ... f=15&t=268

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Post by Fluppio »

Hi Micha,

very nice work, your recent one.

My fingers are all thumbs :oops: , so I would rather buy one than build it on my own.

Good luck for your tournament in November.

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Thanks Peter,

maybe next year I could support your thumbs...

Thanks for the hint to the tournament, Peter! :wink:

@all: On Nov. 25th to 27th 2016 we play an open Mysticum tournament, it's called "Dedicated Chesscomputers Unlimited Tournament"! We'll play online and offline in round robin mode with 8 participants. If you want to have a look you can do so on iSchach room "Gigaliga". We'll start on Saturday and Sunday morning at 10am MEZ, maybe a little earlier (bad for the western guys!).

Regards, Michael
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