Author: Les Fernandez
Date: 23:35:22 05/30/02
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On May 31, 2002 at 02:33:22, Les Fernandez wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 13:19:02, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On May 30, 2002 at 00:24:55, Les Fernandez 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. >>> >>>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 >> >> >>Yes I remember very well. The same program has been released one year after in a >>plastic unit called the "Boris Diplomat". I almost bought one, but it was too >>expensive for me at the time. > >Hi Chris, > >Talk about expensive do you remember "Prestige" ? Came with a beautiful hand >crafted oak board and they only made a 1000 of them and each had their own >serial number?? Well guess what the price tag on that was?? > >$1100.00 :( Yep and I bought one and still have it!! > >Les >> >>So I decided to save the money to buy a TRS-80 instead. >> >> >> >> Christophe
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