Fairchild F8
8-bit microprocessor released in 1974. Provided the processing power for the Boris chess computer, one of the early affordable dedicated chess machines.
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Boris Chess Computer Released by Applied Concepts
In 1978, Applied Concepts released Boris, a dedicated chess-playing microcomputer programmed by David Lindsay and running on a Fairchild F8 processor with 256 bytes of RAM. It was among the earliest mass-market standalone chess computers available to home consumers.