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I am working on my Excalibur Chess Product development timeline, and going through my archives.
When I went thru the first time I found an IVAN with a 6805 MCU with LCD drive occurring in 1995.
I was thrown off by that. But now I realize what happened.
I designed a scrolling message IVAN and wanted to say it was a talking chess game. Shane wasn't interested, but instead wanted a real talking unit like Chesster.
So I used my H8 chess engine to design and program one.
I had recently worked with Eric White to have him build the Excalibur Gametime I, I had designed and programmed.
So since Eric White supplied Excalibur with the King Master 2 in 1, I designed the IVAN into his housing and he then produced it. Also Excalibur's own tooled chess set.
By the way, I released my chip code for the Gametime I and IVAN to the chip maker with a letter giving Eric's manufacturing company permission to buy my coded chips.
So the first IVAN's were in Eric's housing and then Excalibur broke of close ties with Eric when we started going to other factories.
We had our Mirage factory, EWIG, build the new housing Excalibur's mechanical designer designed.
So there are two IVAN's at the start. Same code, different housings. Excalibur's housing has the speaker grill on top.
I can see how it looks like Eric designed the IVAN, when in reality he only manufactured the first production.
Here are some photos of the two housings.
This is Eric's King Master 2 in 1 housing used for IVAN.
This is Excalibur's housing we designed. It could also be used in a 90 degree rotation for products like Alexandra the Great.
One product I liked was Chess Champion. I finished the design in May of 2010.
Toys R Us asked us if we could sell them a computer chess game the same size as Lexibook's Chessman Classic and cheaper.
It wasn't much cheaper but ours had voice & LCD display.
I designed the housing and the software I designed was to work in three products.
A hardware strap on the PCB told the chip what unit it was in.
The units were: 1. Einstein Chess Wizard model E714
2. Chess Champion or Talking Electronic Chess models XC5416/TR115
3. Backgammon Champion or Electronic Backgammon models XC5551/TR117
It used the GPLB33 with the 65c02 core.
Here is a photo of Chess:
Fernando wrote:
I have Ivan terrible II, exactly or very similar package and exactly the machine we see in the photo.
From a computer design yes, but Ivan II has a full LCD chessboard and "the Conqueror" written on it as well. Not the same as above picture. Ivan II is the Alexandra program without ponder.
yes, both machines exist. I will soon get this type of Ivan (with speaker on the side) and try to give you the specifies then.
The second Igor (model 711-E2) plays significantly weaker.
Peter
Hi Peter,
Cool if you ever see another let me know. I would like to add them to my collection. Maybe they were sold in Europe. Never seen one in USA, but then again I might never have paid closer attention to it before either.
Well here is my Excalibur Timeline.
I added a few from my Fidelity days, since they don't seem to be correctly described on some of the Chess Computer history sites.
This is comma separated text, which you should be able to import into a spread sheet.
1/11/2016,,Ron Nelson Chess PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CHRONOLOGY,,,,
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YEAR,Model #,PROJECT,MCU,DATE,COMMENT,Factory
1986,ACM17,Chess Challenger X,Multi: Z80 + 16 x 68000,11/2/1986,Experimental Z80 C Program Controll Sixteen 68000 Engines,Fidelity USA
1987,6084,Gambit,Intel 80C50,,80C50 4KByte ROM 256Byte Ram 6Mhz,Fidelity USA
1989,,Fidelity bought by Hegner & Glaser,,10/1/1989,,
1991,6125,Little Chesster (Fidelity Spracklen Chess Engine),M50743 + ROM + RAM,4/15/1991,65c02 Core Expanded MCU external 128KByte ROM 2KByte Ram,CXG
1992,6136,Chess Mate,Motorla MC68HC05P1,4/14/1992,68HC05P1 2K Bytes ROM 128 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,H & G HK Factory
1992,6137,Avanti,Motorla MC68HC05P1,4/14/1992,68HC05P1 2K Bytes ROM 128 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,H & G HK Factory
1992,6125-RS,Little Chesster (Talking Chess Computer Radio Shack 60-2255),M50743 + ROM + RAM,4/15/1991,65c02 Core Expanded MCU external 1 Mbyte 2KByte Ram,CXG
,,Start at Excalibur,,11/1/1994,,
1996,702E,Mirage,Hitachi HD6433214P16 (H8/3214),6/26/1996,H8/3214 32-KByte ROM; 1-KByte RAM; 12 MHz,EWIG
1996,701-E,IVAN the Terrible,Hitachi HD6433216P12 (H8/3216),8/1/1996,H8/3216 48-KByte ROM; 2-KByte RAM; 12 MHz,CXG then EWIG
1997,747K,Karpov Grandmaster,Hitachi HD6433214L01P (H8/3214),4/17/1997,H8/3214 32-KByte ROM; 1-KByte RAM; 12 MHz,EWIG
1997,711E,Igor,Hitachi HD6433214P12 (H8/3214),5/5/1997,H8/3214 32-KByte ROM; 1-KByte RAM; 12 MHz,EWIG
1997,932ED-2,"""Excalibur"" Electronic Chess (Large Table Top)",Motorla MC68HC05P4,7/23/1997,68HC05P4 4K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,EWIG
1997,901E-3,Saber III (Medium Table Top),Motorla MC68HC05P4,7/23/1997,68HC05P4 4K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,Sametime
1997,117,Squire (Small Peg Travel),Motorla MC68HC05P4,7/23/1997,68HC05P4 4K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,Sametime
1997,911E-2,Kingmaster II (Large Table Top)(Chess & Checkers),Motorla MC68HCO5C8A,7/23/1997,68HCO5C8A 8K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,EWIG
1997,169E-2,Travel Kingmaster II (Small Peg Travel)(Chess & Checkers),Motorla MC68HCO5C8A,7/23/1997,68HCO5C8A 8K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,Sametime
1997,903,Crusader (Medium Peg Travel)(Chess & Checkers),Motorla MC68HCO5C8A,7/23/1997,68HCO5C8A 8K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,Sametime
1999,169E-2-RS,Travel Chess & Checkers (Radio Shack 60-2219),Motorla MC68HCO5C8A,7/23/1997,68HCO5C8A 8K Bytes ROM 176 Bytes Ram 2 MHz,Sametime
--------,,UNPAID SABBATICAL,6/15/99 to 3/1/00,--------,Time to program a 4-bit MCU & Design LCD Chess,
2000,375,LCD Computer Chess,Samsung KS57C21516,5/1/2000,4-Bit core SAM47 KS57C21516 16K Byte ROM 544 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Sametime
2000,915,King Arthur,Samsung KS57C21516,6/5/2000,4-Bit core SAM47 KS57C21516 16K Byte ROM 544 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
,,Sidney Samole Dies,,7/30/2000,,
2000,117,Squire II (Small Peg Travel), Samsung KS57C2304,,4-Bit core SAM47 KS57C2304 4K Byte ROM 288 Nibble Ram 1.0MHz,Sametime
2000,169E-3,Travel Kingmaster III (Small Peg Travel)(Chess & Checkers),Samsung KS57C2308,,4-Bit core SAM47 KS57C2308 8K Bytes ROM 512 Nibble Ram 1.0MHz,Sametime
2000,711E-2,Igor II,Samsung KS57C2308,10/4/2000,4-Bit core SAM47 KS57C2308 8K Bytes ROM 512 Nibble Ram 1.0MHz,EWIG
2001,404,Touch Chess,Samsung S3C72F5DA7-C0C5,4/24/2001,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72F5 16K Byte ROM 544 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,KidsTech
2001,915-2,King Arthur 2.7,Samsung S3C72F5DA9-C0C5,6/11/2001,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72F5 16K Byte ROM 544 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
2001,901E-4,Saber IV,S3C72K8X11-C0C8,12/29/2001,"4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72K8 8K Byte ROM 1,024 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz",Sametime
2001,410,eChess (Radio Shack 60-2845),Samsung S3C72P9,2/1/2001,"4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 16K Byte ROM 1,024 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz",Cybertronics (Expert)
2002,410V,Talking eChess (Radio Shack 60-2709),Sunplus SPL191A,8/19/2002,65c02 SPL191A 256KByte ROM 704 Bytes Ram 3MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2002,375V,Talking LCD Chess,Sunplus SPL191B-063A,8/19/2002,65c02 SPL191A 256KByte ROM 704 Bytes Ram 3MHz,Sametime
2002,975,Chess Station,S3C72F5,5/3/2002,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72F5 16K Byte ROM 544 Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Sametime
2003,712-2,Ivan II The Conqueror,Sunplus SPLB32A-043,11/20/2002,65c02 SPLB32A 512K Byte ROM 1215 Byte Ram 5MHz,EWIG
2003,908,Alexandra the Great,Sunplus SPLB32A-068A,,65c02 SPLB32A 512K Byte ROM 1215 Byte Ram 5MHz,EWIG
2003,911E-3,King Master III (Universal A),S3C72P9x21-C0C5,5/15/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 16K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
2003,932-JJ,Excalibur Chess (JJ) (Universal A),S3C72P9x21-C0C5,7/7/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P916K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
2003,404-1,Touch Chess (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,KidsTech
2003,404-2,Touch Chess & Checkers (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,KidsTech
2003,375-1,LCD Chess (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Sametime
2003,375-2,LCD Chess & Checkers (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 32K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Sametime
2003,974,NYT Electronic Chess,S3C72P9X23-C0C9,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Sametime
2003,915-3,King Arthur (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
2003,915-JJ,King Arthur (JJ) (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,7/7/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
2003,975-1,Chess Station (Universal B), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,6/2/2003,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Sametime
2003,410-3-CS-RS ,e-Chess & Checkers (Radio Shack 60-2730), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,4/28/2004,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2004,404D,Deluxe Talking Touch Chess,Sunplus SPLB36A1-A04A,6/6/2004,65c02 SPLB36A1 512KByte ROM 2560 Bytes Ram 4MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2004,410-3-RS,2-in-1 Electronic Chess and Checkers (Rado Shack 60-2725),S3C72P9X28-C0C9,4/28/2004,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2005,375X,LCD Chess Express,SPLB33A-008A,6/3/2005,65c02 SPLB33A 64KByte ROM 1216 Bytes Ram 4MHz,Wide Concept Limited (WCL)
2005,410X,e-Chess Express,Chipmast ET50C014,5/20/2005,ET50C014 65c02 14 KBbyte ROM 160 Byte Ram 2.2 MHz,Wide Concept Limited (WCL)
2005,410X-RS,e-Chess Express (Radio Shack 60-2742),Chipmast ET50C014,5/20/2005,ET50C014 65c02 14 KBbyte ROM 160 Byte Ram 2.2 MHz,Wide Concept Limited (WCL)
2005,375V-XX,King Master (Hand Held),Sunplus SPL191B-063A,,65c02 SPL191A 256KByte ROM 704 Bytes Ram 3MHz,Sametime
2005,915W,King Arthur (JJ) (Universal), S3C72P9X22-C0C7 ,7/15/2005,4-Bit core SAM47 S3C72P9 24K Byte ROM 1K Nibble Ram 1.5MHz,EWIG
2006,404ET,Touch Chess II (Executive Touch Chess),Sitronix ST2064B-0108,5/16/2006,ST2064B 65c02 64K ROM 2.4K RAM 2MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2007,NY22,New York Time Deluxe Touch Chess,Sunplus SPLB36A1-A04A,6/6/2004,65c02 SPLB36A1 512KByte ROM 2560 Bytes Ram 4MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2007,410K,LCD Keychain Chess,Chipmast ET50C014,,ET50C014 65c02 14 KBbyte ROM 160 Byte Ram 2.2 MHz,Wide Concept Limited (WCL)
2007,740D,Phantom Force,GPLB32A2-259A,1/18/2007,65c02 GPLB32A 512KByte ROM 1216 Bytes Ram 5MHz,Wah Shing
2008,ET404,Einstein Touch Chess,ST2064B 65c02,1/18/2008,ST2064B 65c02 64K ROM 2.4K RAM 2MHz,Cybertronics (Expert)
2008,EI5316RE,Einstein Keychain Chess,ST2064B-0223 CHSBCK03,5/24/2008,ST2064B 65c02 64K ROM 2.4K RAM 2MHz,Wide Concept Limited (WCL)
2008,E123,Einstein LCD Chess Wizard,ST2064B-0223 CHSBCK03,5/24/2008,ST2064B 65c02 64K ROM 2.4K RAM 2MHz,Wide Concept Limited (WCL)
2008,E714,Einstein Chess Wizard,GPLB33AV12,6/3/2008,65c02 GPLB33A 64KByte ROM 1216 Bytes Ram 4MHz,Sametime
2008,E951,Einstein e=MC2 Master Chess Checkers,S3C72F5DXX- C0C5 KingMaster,8/1/2008,911E-3 with Cosmetic Upgrades,EWIG
2009,,Excalibur Bankruptcy - Bought by EB Brands,,7/1/2009,,
2010,XC5351/E714,EB Excalibur Chess Wizard,GeneralPlus GPLB33B-033A,5/4/2010,65c02 GPLB33B 64KByte ROM 1216 Bytes Ram 4MHz,Sametime
2010,XC5416,Talking Chess Champion,GPLB33B-033A,5/4/2010,65c02 GPLB33B 64KByte ROM 1216 Bytes Ram 4MHz,EWIG
2010,TR115,Talking Electronic Chess) for Pavilion (ToysRUS),GPLB33B-033A,5/4/2010,65c02 GPLB33B 64KByte ROM 1216 Bytes Ram 4MHz,EWIG
2010,,Laid off from EB Excalibur,,10/24/2010
I did a little work in making a spread sheet of Fidelity's & Excalibur's Branded Import Chess Games.
Here is what I have:
Fidelity Branded Import Chess Computers
6099 COMPUTACHESS IV CXG Computachess IV
6108 GENESIS Kaare Danielsen ??
6107 Mini Chess Challenger CXG
6115 Chess Card CXG
6096 Micro Chess CXG
6118 Tiny Chess H & G
6122 Travel Master CXG
Excalibur Branded Import Chess Computers
117B SQUIRE AND BOOK GIFT SET
117E SQUIRE IN MULTI-LINGUAL PACKAGING
118E CUTLASS CXG
119E CHESS EXPRESS CXG
120E VIPER CHESS COMPUTER
127E ESCORT
128E COMET
129E AVENGER CHESS GAME
167E MICRO CHECKERS
168E MICRO CHESS
169E TRAVEL KINGMASTER
169-RS RADIO SHACK TRAVEL CHESS & CHECKERS
170SI-C LANCER EXPRESS WITH CASE
301E-2 LEGEND II
303E LEGEND III CHESS GAME
310E KARPOV WORLD CHAMPION 2294 NOVAG
311E MENTOR
5T-118 KRYPTON METEOR
5T-169 KRYPTON GEMINI PLUS
5T-328 KRYPTON PIONEER
5T-932 KRYPTON JUPITER
5T-934 KRYPTON JUPITER II
638E STILETTO DELUXE
775 ELECTRONIC GLASS CHESS Lexibook
807-e Chess Wizard CXG
901E-2 SABRE II CHESS COMPUTER BLACK
902E ALPHA 2 IN 1 ELECTRONIC CHESS & CHECKERS CXG
903E CRUSADER 2 IN 1 CHESS AND CHECKERS
911E KINGMASTER 2 IN 1 COMPUTER GAME
912SI-C LANCER 2 IN 1 WITH CARRYING CASE / SHARP IMAG
913 LEGEND CHESS GAME
922E EXPLORER CHESS COMPUTER
923 GAME 923E GAME ONLY
923E-NM NICOLE MILLER SPECIAL
932 STILETTO II
1986,ACM17,Chess Challenger X,Multi: Z80 + 16 x 68000,11/2/1986,Experimental Z80 C Program Controll Sixteen 68000 Engines,Fidelity USA
I have posted previously here about another ACM tournament you entered...
the 1988 ACM where you are credited along with the Spracklens for a program running on a 68030
Steve B wrote:
I have posted previously here about another ACM tournament you entered...
the 1988 ACM where you are credited along with the Spracklens for a program running on a 68030
In 2000. with the start of LCD Chess, I started putting software version number displays in the product.
Generally, if a unit displayed the move number at New Game, I would display the software version there and then switch to displaying move number 01.
LCD Chess best version was 1.7
King Arthur was 2.7
Later with my Universal Chip used on multiple products it was 3.7
But on some products I would only show the software version during the factory Test Procedure.
Here is the test procedure for Alexandra:
TEST PROCEDURE ALEXANDRA
August 4, 2003 Revision 1 Model 904 & Model 908
1. Apply power. Unit must play opening Fanfare sound and then say, “I am Alexandra, your computer opponent”. Display must show “ENGLISH?”.
2. Press YES. Unit must say, “Hello, I am Alexandra, your computer opponent”. Display must show '01 CHESS 00:00’, White Box.
3. Press OFF/SAVE. Unit must say “Goodbye”, and then display must be blank.
4. Press ON/CLEAR. Unit must say “Hello”. Display must show '01 PLAY 00:00’ and White Box. Time display‘00:00’ must advance once per second.
5. Press SETUP. Unit must say “Setup King”. Display must show 'B E8 00:xx’, and White Box. (xx = time)
6. Press MOVE. Unit must say “Setup Pawn”. Display must show 'B H7 00:xx’, and White Box
7. Press A1. Unit sounds and display shows 'B A1 00:xx’ and White Box.
8. Press B2. Unit sounds and display shows 'B B2 00:xx’ and White Box.
9. Press C3. Unit sounds and display shows 'W C3 00:xx’ and White Box.
10. Press D4. Unit sounds and display shows 'W D4 00:xx’ and White Box.
11. Press E5. Unit sounds and display shows 'W E5 00:xx’ and White Box.
12. Press F6. Unit sounds and display shows 'W F6 00:xx’ and White Box.
13. Press G7. Unit sounds and display shows 'B F7 00:xx’ and White Box.
14. Press G7. Unit sounds and display shows 'W G7 00:xx’ and White Box.
15. Press H8. Unit sounds and display shows 'B H7 00:xx’ and White Box.
16. Press H8. Unit sounds and display shows 'W H8 00:xx’ and White Box.
17. Press New Game. Unit will perform the same as step two.
18. Press OPTION. Unit must say, “Option”. Display must show ‘OPEN 00:00’ and White Box.
19. Press REPEAT. Unit sounds and displays ’04 SPEED 00:00’ and White Box.
20. Press NO. Unit sounds and displays ’03 SPEED 00:00’ and White Box.
21. Press ON/CLEAR. Unit must say, “Clear”. Display must show '01 PLAY 00:00’ and White Box. Time display‘00:00’ must advance once per second.
22. Press LEVEL. Unit must say “Select Your Level”. Display must show 'BE001 00:00’ and White Box.
23. Press HINT. All LCD segments must be on.
24. Press HINT. All LCD segments must be off.
25. Press HINT. Display shows ’01 TEST’ and a pattern 1 on the display. Note: ‘01’ is the software version and may change.
26. Press HINT. Display shows ’01 TEST’ and a pattern 2 on the display. Note: ‘01’ is the software version and may change.
27. Press HINT. Display shows ’01 WAIT’. After some seconds the display will show the memory check sum: 0________. Note: Masked chip checksum not available at this time. (EPROM: 051A10)
28. Press HINT. Unit must say, “Clear”. Display must show '01 PLAY 00:00’ and White Box. Time display‘00:00’ must advance once per second. Display will also have some pixels on from pattern 2 from step26.
29. Press ACL. Must perform the same as step two.
END OF ALEXANDRA TEST PROCEDURE. August 4, 2003 Rev 1 Model 904 & Model 908
and here Kingmaster:
TEST PROCEDURE KINGMASTER III
April 29, 2003 Revision 2 Model 911E-3
1. Apply power to unit. Unit must play musical scale; show 'PLAY’ ‘CHESS’ and White Box.
2. Press SETUP. Unit will beep and show King symbol, White Box, and '_ _ E 1'
3. Press A1. Unit beeps with '_ _ A 1', King symbol, and Black Box on display.
4. Press B2. Unit beeps with '_ _ B 2', King symbol, and Black Box on display.
5. Press C3. Unit beeps with '_ _ C 3', King symbol, and White Box on display.
6. Press D4. Unit beeps with '_ _ D 4', King symbol, and White Box on display.
7. Press E5. Unit beeps with '_ _ E 5', King symbol, and White Box on display.
8. Press F6. Unit beeps with '_ _ F 6', King symbol, and White Box on display.
9. Press G7. Unit beeps with '_ _ E 8', King symbol, and Black Box on display.
10. Press G7. Unit beeps with '_ _ G 7', King symbol, and White Box on display.
11. Press H8. Unit beeps with '_ _ A 1', King symbol, and Black Box on display.
12. Press H8. Unit beeps with '_ _ H 8', King symbol, and White Box on display.
13. Press Verify. Unit beeps with ‘_ _ D 1’, Queen symbol, and White Box on display.
14. Press Multi-Move. Unit beeps with ‘_ _ C 1’, Bishop symbol, and White Box on display.
15. Press Black/White. Unit beeps with ‘S I D E’, White Box on display.
16. Press TakeBack. Unit beeps with White Box ‘PLAY’ and '000:01’ on display with clock counting.
17. Press New Game. Unit will beep and displays 'PLAY' and ‘CHESS’ with White Box.
18. Press Hint. Unit will beep and display ‘OPEN’, ‘E2-E4’ with White Box.
19. Press Level. Unit will beep and display LE-01' with White Box.
20. Press Right Arrow. Unit will beep and display 'LE-02' with White Box.
21. Press Left Arrow. Unit will beep and display 'LE-01' with White Box.
22. Press Square H2. Unit beeps and displays ’H2 - _ _‘ , White Box, Pawn symbol.
23. Press Square H4. Unit beeps with Black Box flashing and '000:01’ on display with clock counting.
Note: After about 6 seconds, unit will beep and display ‘E7 E5’ ‘PRESS’, Pawn symbol with White Box.
24. Press New Game. Unit will beep and displays 'PL AY', ‘CHESS’ with White Box.
25. Press Contrast. Unit beeps and shows White Box and ’4’ ‘CONTR’ on the display.
26. Press Option. Unit beeps and all LCD segments are ON.
27. Press Option. Unit beeps and all LCD segments are OFF.
28. Press Options. Unit Beeps and displays White Box, with ‘VR 04’. Where 04 is the software version number.
29. Press New Game. Unit will beep and displays 'PL AY', ‘CHESS’with White Box.
30. Press Off/Save. Unit beeps display shows ‘BYE’ ‘CHESS’ and turns off, all display segments must be off.
31. Press On/Clear. Unit beeps and shows ‘HI’ ‘CHESS’ with White Box on the display, then ‘PLAY” and clock counting.
32. Press ACL. Plays musical scale, shows ’ PL AY’, ‘ CHESS’ with White Box on the display.
33. Press New Game. Unit will beep and displays 'PLAY' and ‘CHESS’ with White Box. If it displays ‘CHECr’ then J1 jumper is wrongly inserted on printed circuit board.
END OF KINGMASTER III TEST PROCEDURE. April 29, 2003 Revision 2 Model 911E-3
