(5) Control Panel Keys
NEW GAME press to set the computer for the beginning
of a new game with the level unchanged, white to play
from the bottom, and same response status (ie. 'Player
vs computer" o r 'Player vs Player'' mode) as was set
before.
Press when the 2nd F indicator is on, to completely clear
the computer,
LEVEL - press to select one of the nine ability levels
r
the computer: 07 for normal play, 8 for special problem
sol
v
in
g (p
a
g
e
10).
Press w
h
en the
2nd F indicator
is on
, to tu t
he
s
ou
nd
on/o
PLAY
-press
when
y
ou wa
the
c
om
pute
r t
o
ma
k
e
y
o
ur
m
ov
e
r
y
ou
;
this allows
y
o
u
to s
wi
t
ch
c
ol
o
r
s
w
it
h t
he
c
ompu
ter
,
or ma
k
e the com
p
uter p
l
a
y b
oth s
ides. Al
so
,
whe
n
p
la
yi
n
g a
t leve
l 0-7
the comput
e
r
ca
n
b
e
v
ery
slow
m
a
k
in
g i
t
s m
o
v
es
, b
ecause of a
the po
s
s
ibili
t
i
es
i
t
considers. Press this key while the computer is "thinking''
to force it to make a move immediately.
Press when th e 2nd F indicat
or is on, to change to the
player-vs-player mode (page 10).
2n
d
Function press
t
u
o
n t
he
2nd F indicator. T
his
a
c
t
i
va
tes t
h
e alt
e
at
e
fun
c
t
io
n
s of t
h
e control panel
k
e
y
s
.
Press it again to turn the 2nd F indicator off.
TA
K
E BACK -press
w
hen
y
o
u
w
a
nt t
o ta
k
e
b
ac
k
mo
v
es
already entered into the computer (see page 6-7)
4
Pi
ece
Keys press t
o select
p
artic
u
lar ch
e
ss
p
ie
c
es when
i
n
th
e s
e
t
-
up or verif
y
mode
.
(6)
ON/MEMORY Switch
activates
t
h
e
g
ame w
h
e
n
set to
ON;
holds t
h
e pos
iti
on of the
b
oard in the computer's
memory, while conserving battery power, when
set to
MEMORY
.
(7) H
o
riz
o
ntal P
o
s
iti
o
n
Indicators show
the
h
ori
z
o
n
tal
pos
i
t
i
on of
t
he pieces on the
b
oar
d
.
(8)
Vertical Position/Level Indicators
show
t
he
v
e
r
t
i
c
al
position of the pieces on the board.
T
hese
i
n
d
ica
tors also show t
h
e le
v
el of pla
y s
elected
r
th
e
c
o
m
puter
(0 = no
i
n
d
icators l
ig
hte
d
, 8= all
i
n
di
c
a
tors
l
i
g
hte
d
)
.
(9) A
C
L B
utto
n
- I
f the com
p
uter lo c
k
s up
,
b
eca
u
se of
s
tat
i
c
di
sc
h
ar
g
e or
s
ome o
t
h
er reason
s,
set
t
he
MEMORY/ON
sw
i
tch to
MEMORY,
t
h
en use
a
p
i
n
or ot
h
er
s
ha
rp o
b
j
e
c
t
s
to
p
ress
the ACL button T
h
i
s resets
t
h
e
c
omp
u
t
e
r
a
n
d
clears the memor
y
.
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