Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 10:24:29 05/30/02
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Christophe, "From small beginnings grow monumental feats." That is your fortune cookie saying for today. Tim On May 30, 2002 at 13:17:07, Christophe Theron wrote: >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
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