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author hap <happppp@users.noreply.github.com>2022-09-19 19:44:34 +0200
committer hap <happppp@users.noreply.github.com>2022-09-19 19:44:48 +0200
commit75caceb1c143757d10f874b0c2ebf0427f4dfc9f (patch)
tree66f8e40d3795087a3d34a6bc8d17d5a7fac69b54 /src
parent4d3eb6c647b4e021e8e4b73c755fd2b4438f5432 (diff)
New working software list additions
----------------------------------- arb: Grand Master Series 3, Sargon 3.5 [Berger]
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/mame/chess/ave_arb.cpp23
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/mame/chess/ave_arb.cpp b/src/mame/chess/ave_arb.cpp
index 840df91ec51..ede8b1c04a5 100644
--- a/src/mame/chess/ave_arb.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/chess/ave_arb.cpp
@@ -16,24 +16,27 @@ The electronic magnetic chessboard is the first of its kind. AVE later licensed
it to Fidelity (see fidelity/elite.cpp).
ARB is a romless system, the program ROM is on a cartridge.
-Known chess modules (*denotes not dumped yet):
-- Sargon 2.5
-- *Grand Master Series 3
-- *Grand Master Series 3.5
+Known chess modules:
+- Grand Master Series 3
- Grand Master Series 4.0
+- Sargon 2.5
+- Sargon 3.5 (unofficial)
Other games:
- Avelan (checkers)
-Newer modules included button label stickers for OPTIONS, Verify, Take Back, Clear.
+Sandy Electronic renamed GMS 3 and GMS 4.0 to "3000 GMS" and "4,0 - 50 S".
+Sargon 3.5 was an unofficial module published by them. It was also a free EPROM
+upgrade for their customers who were unhappy with GMS 3.
+
+GMS 4.0 included button label stickers for OPTIONS, Verify, Take Back, Clear.
-Around 2012, Steve Braid(aka Trilobyte/Steve UK) started manufacturing ARB V2 boards
-without a module slot. CPU and VIA were replaced with new WDC 14MHz-rated chips,
-running at 16MHz.
+Around 2012, Steve Braid(aka Trilobyte/Steve UK) started manufacturing ARB V2
+boards without a module slot. CPU and VIA were replaced with new WDC 14MHz-rated
+chips, running at 16MHz.
TODO:
-- verify gms40 module memory layout
-- gms40 and avelan rom labels
+- avelan, gms3, gms4, sargon35 rom labels
******************************************************************************/