paulwise3 wrote:
I am sure it will be corrected in time. Right now not everybody is busy with forums and correctness etc. It's time for Christmas and New Years Eve! I think you are a little harsh on them. If it wasn't for that wiki, I would never have been able to get a reasonably balanced chesscomputer collection in just one year!
So I have the greatest respect for their initiative. And as for all wiki's: it's all volunteers work, and making mistakes is very human...
Peace on earth regards,
(Imagine...)
Paul
You are correct Paul. It takes time and research to now put all the Excalibur pieces together.
Have patience Steve and stop hounding people who I am sure are working on it. Let's focus on getting all the information together now.
What's annoying is that everyone is happy to throw out some BS but very few people are interested in rolling up their sleeves and putting some work into it.
I have started alphabetically working through Excalibur Range it is not revised on my Website pages yet because it needs confirmation on accuracy, but it will be posted hopefully quite soon once it is confirmed as well as it can be confirmed.
Hopefully Ron is still watching if he hasn't already been run off with the craziness that is being posted here. You have to remember that it is also in his interest to archive his work correctly otherwise he would never have posted the List of computers and other Excalibur products in one of his first posts.
ALEXANDRA THE GREAT
The specifications for a SPLB32A 8-bit CMOS microprocessor is shown above. It explains the size needed to incorporate Alexandra's speech but missing is the actual chess program size - ROM and available RAM for the chess program. Also the SPLB32A spec sheet states that it is a 5 MHz processor where previously we had all assumed it was 10 MHz. Therefore some additional research and clarification needs to be done.
ALPHA 2-IN-1
I have notated this computer since it comes from Krypton as David Levy & Mark Taylor. It also precedes Ron Nelson.
CHESS EXPRESS
Same with this computer it precedes Ron Nelson. Plenty of gaps on this one.
CHESS STATION
A spec sheet that I have found quotes KS57 as 6 MHz yet we have always quoted the speed as 5 MHz. So some research needs to be done on it as I can't remember if the Manufacturer quoted the 5 MHz or if someone had opened the computer and looked at its insides? Available RAM is missing for the program.
CHESS WIZARD
Precedes Ron Nelson.
CRUSADER
6508 Spec sheets show a 6508 as 1 MHz. Is this correct? Needs confirming. Also missing is the available RAM for the program. Also since Krypton also sold the identical Crusader I would have to assume that it was agreed between both companies that Crusader should be sold by both companies?
Anyway as you can see from the above there is quite a lot of work involved in going through 60+ computers.
Rather than bickering how about you all start rolling up your sleeves and working together on this?
Best regards