Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 03:40:12 08/01/02
Go up one level in this thread
On August 01, 2002 at 06:19:15, Lyn Harper wrote: >On August 01, 2002 at 04:21:40, Travers Waker wrote: > >>Hi. >> >>I came across this link to a Novag chess computer: >>http://www.alphamart.com/prod/toys02.shtml >> >>They claim it's going cheap (Retail Price: $129.00 >>Our Price: $34.95) , so maybe someone here is interested in it. I have no idea >>what model it is or how strong it is - I suspect it may be quite weak. If >>anyone knows anything about it, please reply to this thread - I'm interested >>(not in buying, but in knowing more about it). >> >>Travers > I just had a quick look at it. It does'nt say the model, but I recognize it >as one of the cheap, weak models, directed toward the novice. The sort you see >around flea markets for about $10-$15. Having said this, I remember Novag as one >of the more reliable models in the dedicated's. I think it's a Novag Constellation, probably the 2 MHz versoion from 1983? That was the precursor of the Superconstellation, famous for its sacrifing bishops on h7 at a glance. Here is a German collector's site with some more information: http://www27.brinkster.com/thestone/sammlung.html http://www27.brinkster.com/thestone/beschreibung-constellation%202mhz.html If it comes with the case intact, it doesn't seem a bad price for chesscomp-collectors. They could undoubtedly tell more about them! Eelco
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.