Mephisto Phoenix Chess Computer System

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Will you buy it?

Yes
11
25%
Maybe
5
11%
No
28
64%
 
Total votes: 44

Magnum
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Full name: Arnold Magnum

Re: Mephisto Phoenix Chess Computer System

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Scally wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:54 pm Hi Michael,

I’m very much looking forward to mine arriving too.

I have emailed you recently, please check your emails …

Al
I think we all can say: Mephisto Phoenix is the best chess product we can buy.
I'm very happy with it.

What I don't like:
-only some retro emulators and I need much much more of them like "The King" is a must have.
How long do we need to wait for The King?
-an option to send played games automatically to my e-mail address isn't available.
-I want the chess pgn with saved evaluations and time for every move.
-no 6-piece syzygy endgame tablebases
-the Mephisto Phoenix Chess System on the Raspberry Pi is using only up to 2 cores and not up to 3 cores for the chess engines and retro emulators.
Can we get up to 3 cores via update or when buying the WM-package 2022?
-only 4 GB RAM are available but the Raspberry Pi with 8 GB would be better. You can buy Orange Pi with up to 32 GB RAM!
-pieces can't move automatically like "Square Off"
-I prefer a rosewood board
-I prefer royal pieces
-I prefer systems which has newest Wifi + newest 5G + newest Bluetooth 5.3
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MikeB
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Location: Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania

Re: Mephisto Phoenix Chess Computer System

Post by MikeB »

Still waiting.
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Scally
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Location: Bermondsey, London
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Re: Mephisto Phoenix Chess Computer System

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Magnum wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:52 pm
What I don't like:
-only 4 GB RAM are available but the Raspberry Pi with 8 GB would be better.
Hi all,

I guess I’ve been lucky with mine as I have an 8gb ram RPi 4 inside my Phoenix.

I’ve also managed to upgrade to Stockfish v15.1, add an extra gambit book & have external access to the micro sd card …

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Ras
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Re: Mephisto Phoenix Chess Computer System

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Scally wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:24 amexternal access to the micro sd card …
Does a simple dd work for cloning the SD card as to have a backup card?
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