Author: Karsten Bauermeister
Date: 09:48:25 09/26/98
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On September 23, 1998 at 21:04:49, Les Walker wrote: >On September 22, 1998 at 13:59:54, Jim Phillips wrote: > >>On September 19, 1998 at 16:44:52, Karsten Bauermeister wrote: >> >>>Hey guys! >>> >>>What'S wrong with you all? Didn't you love your old chess computers? >>>I still own almost all my old chess computers. Including of course the famous >>>Constellation 2.0, Constellation 3.6 and the Super-Constalleation! >>>They are stroked and I always look after them... and sometimes I get one and >>>play a few games, frustrating, that all these small machines are playing so >>>weak. >>> >>>Karsten >> >>Karsten, >>I have only owned one dedicated chess computer in my life: a Fidelity >>Sensory Chess Challenger 8 which I purchased in 1982. I still keep it in >>the original box, have the sales receipt, have the Fidelity sales brochure >>that came with it, and I still occasionally play a game against it. It is >>weak by today's standards, but it has brought many "casual" players to >>their knees. I love it, and I will never get rid of it. B^D >>Have you ever considered doing a running series of posts, each detailing >>the history, specifications, etc. of a particular model? I for one would >>be an avid reader.... >>-Jim Phillips > >Yes, that is a most excellent idea Jim. How about it Karsten, do you have the >free time for something like this? > >Les W. Hi boys! Thank you very much for the compliment that you trust me to do this! A few years ago I planned to write a book about old chess computers. Because this is exactly my passion! I am not only collecting old chess computers, sometimes I feel free to write an "Oldie-article" for the German computer chess magazine "Computerschach & Spiele". There I have written some more or less clever things about the SciSys Mark V, the Novag Robot, Mephisto I-III, old Fidelity computers, Conchess and some more. When I read the Idea of Steven Schwartz for an 'Computer-Chess-Archiv' I thought this could be a way to keep this informations for people. When this will be done, I will add my knowledge and perhaps some pictures or other things. But I am afraid I will not have the time to write a whole series about old chess computers regulary ... Sorry! When anyone wants some information or have some problems with any old chess computer or wants buy/sell anything I will answer him here of course. Karsten
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