Excalibur electronic 908-EFG Finding the Pieces, Battery Installation, Play a Game Right Away

ENGLISHCongratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Electronics’ Alexandra the Great chess computer! You’ve pur- chased both your own personal chess trainer and a partner who’s always

ready for a game—and who can improve as you do! Talking and sound effects add another dimen- sion to your Alexandra computer for increased enjoyment and play value.

The legendary King Arthur brandished a magic sword, Excalibur, from which we take our company name. With this unique weapon in his hands, he could not be vanquished.

Although Excalibur Electronics can’t claim the magical secrets of Merlin, King Arthur’s court wiz- ard, sometimes our patented tech- nology may make it seem as if we

could. The Alexandra the Great Talking Chess Computer is anoth- er unmatched innovation of Excalibur Electronics.

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Finding the Pieces

Turn your chess computer over carefully with its chessboard face- down. Find the door marked “PIECE COMPARTMENT DOOR.” Open it and remove the chess pieces. Replace the door and set the pieces aside for now.

Battery Installation

With the chess computer facedown, find the door marked “BAT- TERY DOOR.” Open it and insert three (3) fresh, alkaline AA bat- teries in the battery holder. Note the arrangement of the batteries called for by the diagram in the holder. Make sure that the positive tip of each battery matches up with the + sign in the battery compart- ment so that polarity will be correct.

When the batteries are properly installed, Alexandra the Great auto- matically turns on and starts talking, letting you know she's ready for action. If Alexandra does not start talking, use a thin pointed object and press the ACL button. Replace the battery compartment panel, and turn the computer over.

Play a Game Right Away

After you have installed the batteries, the display will show ENG- LISH? asking you if you want Alexandra to speak in English. If you do, press the YES key. If you want her to speak French or German, press the NO key until your desired language is shown and then press the YES key. Place the plastic chess pieces on their start ing squares (see page 20). The display will show 01CHESS. This indi- cates you are at the first move of the game and ready to play chess.

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