Author: Dick Schneiders
Date: 13:14:45 08/10/05
I just received my 3rd Fidelity CC1 today in the mail. This is the one that caused all of the controversy over the auction being closed prematurely and then reopened again after I complained to the seller. The CC1 is serial number 1171, as previously noted, which is a very low number. That might not mean anything, though. The board itself is in as close to mint condition as one could ever imagine. There are no marks on the top of the board at all. This plus the box were the primary reasons I purchased another CC1. However, there are some very interesting and notable differences in the manual of this one and the other two that I have. The front and back pages of my other two have a dark brown background and border. This manual does not have that, but those areas are simply white. The lettering "Chess Challenger" & "Made in U.S.A.", on the front and "Chess Challenger", Fidelity Electronics, Ltd. and the address along with the line border on the back are all in light *blue* lettering on this manual. On my other manuals these words are in white against the dark brown color. On the inside of this manual, the words "Chess Challenger" and "Fidelity Electronics" above the picture of the key pad are also in light blue. Also, this manual does not have the last section called "Chess Notes" that are in my other two manuals. The section "Demostration Moves" is the last section of the manual. One other item of note - the original packing slip is included. While it does not have a sales price, the date of the packing slip is 3/9/77. Does that seem quite early? When were these first on the market? I am very curious about these differences - what can they mean? Stupified Regards, Dick Schneiders
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