Author: Les Fernandez
Date: 21:24:55 05/29/02
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On May 29, 2002 at 23:41:57, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 29, 2002 at 23:32:36, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>Joshua, >> >>Boris,the talking chess computer originally came with its own NiCad battery pack >>(UPS) and operated also via a 120 volt wall transformer. It had a red mini neon >> display and a keypad for alphanumeric position entry. Boris came with a >>whopping 256 kilobytes of RAM and had an F-8 processor courtesy of Fairchild >>Electronics. You stored the plastic Staunton magnetic pieces in the walnut box >>that housed the electronics. I loved playing Boris when travelling in my >>Mustang convertible on the Baltimore-Washington Beltway back in the early 1980s. >> >>It was probably 700-800 ELO on a good day. I sold my Boris to a fellow from >>Georgia and he had it taken apart after two months. Maybe he thought there was >>a little man inside? >> >>Tio Timmy > > >256Kb of RAM? This must be a mistake. Wasn't it 256 bytes? > >Mini neon? I guess we call it LED most of the times... :) > >NiCad? Are you sure? At that time I'm not sure this technology was available for >a mass market product. > >And finally Boris as far as I remember was not talking. But the Chess Challenger >voice was. But that was 2 years later and from a different company. I still have mine but gave it to my sister who still has it. Do you remember the display? All chess pieces were made with straight lines and it had a mode that allowed you to watch all the permutations going on a particular rank? The infamous cigar box I use to call it.<s> Les > > > > Christophe
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