Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:17:07 05/30/02
Go up one level in this thread
On May 29, 2002 at 23:57:35, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>Mr. Theron,
>
>You are correct. Boris did have a single 256 Byte memory chip. You are also
>correct on the LED display but it looked like a mini neon. It did have NiCad
>batteries. It did not talk but it was advertized as a talking computer because
>it would make snide comments that scrolled across the display after you made a
>move. At $479.00 US which is about $2000.00 in todays deflated dollars it was
>not really mass market. It was marketed by a firm by the name of Chafitz,Inc. in
>Maryland,USA. I bought mine at a high-class department store in Fort Worth,
>Texas.
I have used one owned by a friend of mine when I was living in Africa.
That was back in 1979.
For me this unit is still a mythical one, though it played weak (but managed to
beat me several times).
The same year I have been able to play against a Chess Challenger 10 and against
Sargon II on a TRS-80.
All of this took place in Ivory Coast, where I lived at that time.
That was definitely the start of my passion for computer chess.
Christophe
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.