Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 22:34:13 04/16/98
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On April 16, 1998 at 22:10:26, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>On April 16, 1998 at 20:11:45, Karsten Bauermeister wrote:
>
>>Hi to all.
>>
>>Really nice to hear, that there are some people, who are in the time of
>>300 MHz-PCs still interested in old chess computers.
>>I am proud owner of more than 200 chess computers, about 140 old ones
>>from the first ones to them of 1984. Most of them I bought in last six
>>years second hand. Some of them were damaged, but most were ok when
>>buying. I know storys of 80 percent out of order units, when getting
>>them new (Chess Machine, some Fidelity models) and of really crazy
>>collectors (like me too!?) and customers. People, who gave there last
>>money for the computer, which is newest, oldest or rarest one.
>>
>>I am happy, that there are stil people, who have problems in playing
>>with there lovely "toys" and that there are storys, which must be
>>public.
>>
>>A special thanks to Fernando, who presents the story of "Organizing the
>>first chess computer tournament". In Germany there was one very similar
>>to that. A architect from Hamburg was the first one in Germany, who let
>>play three computers against each other: Boris, Chess Challenger 3 or 10
>>and Compuchess. He wrote an article in the German Chess Magazin ROCHADE
>>EUROPA in 1978. Later he began to collect chess computers and opened a
>>privat chess computer museum in Hamburg. Perhaps that is something, I
>>will do in the future, too! -)
>>
>>I would be very interested in knowing, if there is any website to the
>>theme "old chess computers". There was a try some years before of some
>>German guy, I don't know (!), but it wasn't proceded ...
>
>But Karsten, for Heaven sake, what are you waiting for? You are the man
>to organize such site. I know you have the largest collection in
>Germany.I have -I guess- the largest in Chile. Sure there are people
>elsewhere with more machine san histories to tell.
>
>Fernando
>>Karsten
Maximum respect to both of you.
I was a kid when the first chess computers appeared. I could only stare
at them in the stores, but never had the money to buy one myself (at
this time).
I remember playing once in a store against a Scisys model which had a
mechanical arm. It was maybe christmas 1981 or 1982? It moved the pieces
itself! The program was Sargon 2.5 I think. People from the store had to
throw me out every evening!
I don't understand why I'm so in love with those old computers. There
was something magical about them. I should talk about this with a
psychanalyst... :)
Christophe
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