Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:02:22 10/15/01
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On October 15, 2001 at 17:21:00, Roy Eassa wrote: >On October 15, 2001 at 16:57:54, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On October 15, 2001 at 12:22:58, leonid wrote: >> >>>On October 14, 2001 at 22:55:30, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>I then gave it to my Mach III Master in Jan. 1990, it took it 2 min. 45 seconds >>>>if I'm not mistaken. >>> >>>What is the Mach III Master? Some kind of stand alone electronic chess game? >>>If it is what I think, the last time when I had something similar was around 13 >>>years ago. Then it was Radio Shack made gadget. >>> >>> >>>>Better time than me!;-) >>> >>>Try to put from time to time here some position from real life, like the last >>>forced mate. It is fun to solve them. >>> >>>Leonid. >>> >>>>Terry >> >>Yes it was a stand alone unit, made by Fidelity Electronics. Dan Spracklen was >>the Key programmer. >> >>This was the last programme he made for Fidelity Electronics, the Mach IV Master >>was the same programme just on faster hardware, a Motorola 68200 32bit at 20 >>Mgh. while the Mach III was running on a 68000 16bit at 16 Mgh., as Hegner & >>Glasser (Mephisto) bought them out in the fall of '89. >>Another thing many might not know was the Mach III programme was written in 8bit >>code and adapted to 16:) Those were the days! >> >>I should look at some of my old games I use to play with this machine and my old >>Novag Super Forte "C" running on a 6502 8bit at 6 Mgh. (Boy that's Slow!) and >>see if I can dig up some old mating attacks, some which were long. >> >>I was better I think in those days!;-) >> >>Terry > > >I also had the Mach III Master _and_ the Super Forte and played them against >each other. I sold the Mach III not that long ago. I still have the Super >Forte. Another machine in the same category as both of these units as far as >physical size, features, price, and rating was the Mephisto Mondial, which I >also still have. The three boxes were quite close in strength in my tests. > >Just think of the trouble we used to go through in those days to test these >boxes with games against each other or with test suites! And you'd have to >write down the moves by hand (I did have [still do?] the move printer for the >Novag). Things sure have gotten a lot easier! Very true! But I remeber when I first got my "box" and at the time really thought what a little marvel it was:)) Actually I feel that's why I keep my unit boxed away. Memories!:o) Terry
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