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Novag Citrine Chess Board

This section describes SCID's old Novag support. You probably want to use Graham's Eboards engine.

The Novag Citrine is a wooden chess board that can connect to computers using a serial connection. It can be used with Scid to enter games, or to play against a computer opponent or on FICS; offering a "natural" chess interface.

Before the board can be used, one has to configure it's connection via External Hardware configuration Once the proper port is set, choose Tools-> Connect Hardware-> Novag. to hook up the board.