Chess Computer The Star Diamond for Novag Electronic.

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The star diamond has been designed with experienced and Master players in mind. 64 pre-set playing levels, an extensive opening library, many "hints" and "helps" which make it equally suitable for training chess players or assisting Masters with their game analysis, along with many other features are included in this elegantly designed chess computer. Novag's "flag-ship" table-top chess computer - the perfect combination of classic styling and incredible strength Ultra light and very sensitive 9" square sensory chessboard with 24 control keys Advanced CISC-Style processor 64 preset playing levels Provides the same wealth of game options as the star sapphire High-speed Selective Search or powerful Brute Force program - choose between the two Extensive openings library of 123,000 ply or opt for Active, Passive, Tournament or user programmable book Rating-System and Warning-System which peeps when you have committed a blunder or when your pieces are threatened Easily connects to any PC via serial port Uses a NOVAG A/C adaptor or 4 x AA cells (both not supplied). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star Diamond Another very popular popular product in the Novag line was the Diamond and Diamond II table-top chess computers. Now we have the Star Diamond table-top chess computer. The Star Diamond has many of the same feature as its predecessors. This machine features a new program and a new processor clocked at 20mHz (again, more on that later). The Star Diamond can also be interfaced with a PC and the Novag Boards, but does not include the IrDa interface. It uses a pressure sensitive chess board, has easy to see control buttons and includes pieces, just like the original Diamonds. True RISC Processing The new Star line uses Motorola's new RISC processor technology. RISC is an acronym for Reduced Instruction Set Chip. A simple description of what that means is the chip uses a more efficient group of internal commands to accomplish its task. This technology, developed by Motorola, allows processors to process information more quickly. Those of you familiar with Macintosh know of the G4 RISC processors, which process information faster than Pentium or Athlon processors of the same clock speed. A G4 750mHz processor will run 2 to 3 times faster than a 1200mHz (1.2gHz) Pentium 4, partially due to the difference between RISC and DISC (Pentium or Athlon) processors. The processor also generally runs much cooler, extending the lifetime of the chips themselves. The new Novag chess computers utilize this newer processor technology, and the gains are seen in substantially higher playing strengths, at much faster speeds. According to Novag, the Star Sapphire, utilizing the SH7020 16mHz RISC processor, will have and estimated ELO rating of 2530. The Star Diamond, utilizing the SH7020 20mHz RISC processor, will have and estimated ELO rating of 2550. All the Star series computers use 1 megabyte of Program Capacity (ROM) and 256k of capacity random access memory (RAM). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Included: Like New Chess Computer,Pieces,Instruction book, suitcase for transportation, and cables to connect to the PC. Thanks. read more

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