Author: Dan Ellwein
Date: 19:08:49 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:14:13, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 29, 2002 at 23:52:56, Don Prohaska wrote: > >>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. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>Well, yes, it "talked" but you had to read. The talking spread along a small >>screen and read like a scrolling neon sign. > > > >Yes I remember these funny comments. my favorite saying of BORIS was... I EXPECTED THAT! :) pilgrimdan > Christophe
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