Further Highlights were the availability of connecting a printer as well as a chess clock to the computer. This became an equipment standard for all NOVAG chess computers to this day. It was now also possible for the first time for a user to create his own personal openings library of approximately 2000 half moves. The software program itself was 56 K and the computer could rely on an opening book of 20.000 half moves, which may have been of record size for its day. Like almost all other chess computers of that time period, the program ran on an 8-Bit 6502 CPU at 3.6 Mhz. ![]() At the time of it's release the Super Constellation was extremely strong and received a huge following because of it's unconventional, intuitive, tactical and very human playing style. ![]() Together with their american programmer David Kittinger was proclaimed as a favorite for many dedicated chess computer fans after their release of the Super Constellation in the year 1984.
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