Author: Georg Langrath
Date: 07:12:44 04/09/00
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On April 08, 2000 at 22:22:47, D Ridge wrote: > >The other day I was trying to remember all the dedicated chess computers I have >owned since my first Chess Challenger 7 in 1978. I think it goes something like >this in rough chronological order. > >Some of the names escape me… > >Chess Challenger 7 >Boris/Sargon 2.5 >Morphy Module (wasn’t there an opening and endgame module too?) >Prodigy >Scisys Mark V >Philidor Module?? >Scisys Executive >Some LCD piece of crap from Mattell (circa early 80s) >2 or 3 radio shack units (early 80s) >Sensory Challenger 8 >Sensory Challenger 9 >Sensory Elite?? >Novag Constellation >Super Constellation >Sapphire II >Karpov Grandmaster >Jasper >Travel Champion 2100 >GK2100 >Opal Plus >Avalon > >I’m sure there’s another 3 or 4 I can’t remember. > >Not to mention a dozen or more pieces of software. > >Wow!…I’m one sick puppy! > >Of all these units the one that stands out the most in my mind, even after close >to twenty years is the Scisys Mark V. What a unique unit. I remember traveling >to the Your Move old location to pick it up. > >I’d like to hear from some of you old timers out there. Take a trip down >computer chess memory lane with me and let me know what you remember most about >those exciting years from the late 70s to the mid 80s. > >Steve…any interesting war stories from those days? > >David I really agree with you that those old chesscomputers was something special. It is very convenient with software on pc, but the old chesscomputers had a soul, that software do not have. I have had about ten, so you are not the only sick puppy. And here you really have a kindred spirit: http://members.chello.at/kispert/homepage.htm Georg
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