Saitek Barracuda 1998, 10Mhz, 16kb ROM, 1kb RAM rated for strong occasional players/weak club players Saitek Executive: 1993, 10Mhz, 16kb ROM, 512 bytes RAM Saitek Olympiad: 1992, 2Mhz, 7.5kb ROM, 176 bytes RAM All of these units are listed below using information largely from the (the late) Tom Luif’s Overtom Chess Museum website: However, there are three other Saitek models using the same design that followed the Olympiad, but it is rare to find any of these on eBay. This popularity is also true of the RS Partner 1680X. This was a very popular chess computer by virtue of the number of them that show up on eBay all the time both in North America and Europe. We do know that the RS Partner 1680X catalog 2428 is the Saitek Olympiad. So, the question is, where did the Radio Shack Partner 1680X catalog number 2428A unit come from? The possibility that this was true appears to have been first mentioned here, where it was suggested that the catalog 2428A model might actually be the Saitek Sensor XL.:Īnd was subsequently mentioned in a footnote at the schachcomputer info wiki website that the catalog unit 2428 was the Saitek Olympiad, but that the 2428A was not (though it was not suggested what the 2428A might be): But, as will be shown below, the inconvertible fact is that these are, in fact, two different models. Nothing on the boxes or the units themselves indicates any difference between the units with these different catalog numbers: The boxes carry the same Radio Shack Partner 1680X name front and center and the units themselves are otherwise indistinguished in every respect, unless you happen to read the manuals. It turns out that there are two different Radio Shack Partner 1680x catalog numbers: 24A. Furthermore, from what I can tell, it was not typical of Radio Shack to make any minor or major changes to the hardware or firmware of a given Saitek unit before selling it under the Radio Shack name.īut the Radio Shack Partner 1680X presents a rather unusual twist in this process. #Radio Shack 1680X Manual manuals#The manuals usually appear to be from different authors, but even so, some passages and descriptions are the same and the button functions and descriptions and characteristics of the levels are exactly the same. In most cases, if not all, the only difference between a given Saitek unit and its twin Radio Shack unit has been a difference in the packaging and the name on the unit. It is well known that many, if not most of the Radio Shack chess computers of the past have been repackaged Saitek units. Above on the left is the Radio Shack Partner 1680X and, likewise, on the right is the Partner 1680X so, of course, they are the same model.
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