Author: Steve B
Date: 17:57:40 08/30/05
Most serious collectors maintain some sort of listing of their dedicated chess computer collection the list will generally divide the collection up by Manufacturer indicating the Model,condition and how complete the set is(Manual,pieces ,original box add on modules etc,etc) typically there will also be a separate listing of "Doubles" which are not shown in the collection proper the list is useful to see which computers are missing from a particular manufacturer and provides a readily available search list for those missing units in addition Collectors Worldwide will send each other their current lists from time to time ..even fierce competitors will swap lists in an effort to see what rare units the other has less typical however is the so-called "Non -Listed " or what i like to call the 'Off Balance Sheet" collection similar to Enron's Off Balance Sheet Liabilities these computers are owned by Collectors but not mentioned in the listing generally they are unusual home made or modified computers a computer that has in some way been tinkered with,usually cosmetically but also electronically perhaps the pieces are painted or the board itself perhaps the computer has been over clocked way above normal specification i know of a Collector that took a Mephisto Munchen board and totally rewired it so that the program in the board cannot be replaced and no longer will accept other modules another example are the piece sets some collectors will take their favorite boards and create special pieces to play with using totally different wooden pieces then normally released for that computer these sorts of computers will typically remain "Off Balance " Sheet i myself have a few of these concoctions here is a Novag Jade II with funky hand painted pieces: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=/dda9&.dnm=d0da.jpg&.src=ph Off Balance Regards Steve
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