Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:38:15 05/31/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 22:08:49, Dan Ellwein wrote:
>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
I remember the next generation of Chafitz computers, with the Sargon 2.5 program
in it.
When it was sure it was winning, it said "AND NOW FOR THE KILL".
That was great.
Christophe
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