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Subject: Re: Old Chess Computers Wanted-Cash paid!

Author: Les Fernandez

Date: 00:10:17 09/26/00

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On September 25, 2000 at 19:32:25, Les Fernandez wrote:

>On September 25, 2000 at 17:59:17, D Ridge wrote:
>
>>I'm interested in finding a few of the dedicated chess computers I owned many
>>years ago. Does anyone have for sale, any of the units listed below:
>>(I'll even consider ones that are not operational)
>>
>>Chess Challenger 7
>>Scisys Mark V
>>Scisys Executive
>>Mattel LCD from the early 80's (piece of crap…I can't remember the name of it
>>but Julio Kaplan was the programmer)
>>Boris/Sargon 2.5
>>Prodigy
>>Constellation or Super Constellation
>>Novag Sapphire 1
>>Sensory Challenger 8
>>
>>Please respond to me directly at dridge@idirect.com
>Hi Dave,
>
>Long time ago I thought of collecting this stuff too!  Anyway I decided against
>it and just recently threw out the following:
>
>Chess Challenger 9
>Boris (in the cigar like box)
>Sargon 2.5 (with slide out compartment for pieces)
>
>I am still in possession of ???? Wait a minute I have forgotten its name?? I
>think it was Prodigy!  There were only 1000 of them made, each have a serial
>number and is an official size beautiful wood board with autosensing.  Each
>square has a little LED lamp and many years when I bought it from ICD it was
>$1,000. Unfortunately I use it still to play chess on it since it is so well
>made.  Good luck in gathering your collection.
>
>Les

My mistake Dave when I got home I looked at the name and it is actually
Prestige!! Sorry my mistake




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