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Tasc R30 version Gideon X-RARECHESS-EVAL COLLECTION
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X-RARE

Tasc R30 version Gideon X-RARE.

3 photographs · 1 forum posts · original topic preserved as provenance.

Archive notes.

CHVL2021-10-20 16:14:15

The board has an automatic recognition of the pieces allowing fast configuration of chess problems.

They are version I allowing to use them with the earliest version of the software including the Gideon of Ed Schroder.

With:

- red burgundy protective pouch for the board

- set of 2 pouches for the chessmen. Each set has a different color (burgundy, beige and dark brown)

- manuals for the board and the computer

- precious rare vintage Hartmann briefcases.

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Complete photographic record.

3 attachments preserved from this Museum topic.

Tasc R30 version Gideon X-RARE — R30VGideon-0000.jpg
R30VGideon-0000.jpg
Comparison of three TASC control units; this group view does not independently identify their installed software.
Comparison of three TASC control units; this group view does not independently identify their installed software.
Comparison view of three TASC control units and their carrying cases.
Comparison view of three TASC control units and their carrying cases.
Original ChessEval documentation

TASC R30 family

Original ChessEval source page covering several R30 versions.

Historical media recovered for this source page: 31 of 31 referenced files.

Open historical documentation

Technical sources and tournament history

Reviewed additions are separate from the original collector’s dated notes below or above. Program history is not proof that this physical specimen competed.