Author: John Coffey
Date: 09:40:03 01/18/99
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On January 18, 1999 at 12:19:37, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 18, 1999 at 10:20:57, Charlie GOLD wrote: > >> >> Sid Samole started Fidelity back in 1976/7 with the Chess Challenger I. It >>was a plastic unit with wood pieces and a "wood" border. Input was key-in. They >>were produced with a flaw...the coordinates were reversed; a-h going up and 1-8 >>sidewise. It had one level of play and no other features. It only operated on >>the mains. It was the FIRST commercial micro chess computer on the market. >> In 1977 the company came out with the Chess Challenger III ( I don't know >>of a two) which was the same physically, had the same features, plus 3 levels of >>play, monitor mode, position verification, and the coordinates corrected. It, >>also, ran on mains only. >> In 1978/9 they came out with the CC7-the same as the first two but the >>pieces were now plastic. It had all the features of the 3 plus 7 levels of play >>(interchangeable during play), set-up mode, mate in 2, sound control, change >>sides, and a small opening book. It still only ran on mains. >> Stay tuned for more exciting?! news about Chess Challengers... >>>>>>> >Hello Charlie, >Actually you omitted the Chess Challenger 10 which came out BEFORE the Chess >Challenger 7. The "7" was I think a more selective search type and some say >actually a little stronger than the "10". The "10" had a "Postal Level" which I >played one game against once. It took 7.5 days to move one time (I thought it >was locked up). I think it went 6 plys full width in this 7.5 days. It took me >more than 2 months to win the game. It was my first chess computer which I >purchased from Sears. The next one I got was the Voice Challenger and I ordered >it from ICD! >Jim Walker I played a postal chess game against Chess Chalenger 7. The longest it ever took was about 2 days. On most moves it took less than 24 hours, and on some moves it took maybe only a few hours. I was winning against the thing, but I think that I dropped a piece midway through the game and gave up. (This was around 1979.) John Coffey
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