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Subject: Re: First Commercial Chess Computer

Author: D Ridge

Date: 18:13:27 09/08/02

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On September 08, 2002 at 20:09:39, Les Fernandez wrote:

>On September 08, 2002 at 10:27:25, D Ridge wrote:
>
>>On September 08, 2002 at 10:04:53, bryan whitby wrote:
>>
>>>Was the Fidelity Chess Challenger 1 the first commercial dedicated chess
>>>computer or was there something before that ?
>>
>>Yes it was...I'm a collector of vintage chess computers and have one in my
>>collection. I was the very first, brought to market in late 1976.
>>
>>David
>Dave I thought that Boris in the wooden cigar like box was first to market??
>
>Les
Nope...got that one too...Boris Walnut hit the market in 1978 with slightly
updated version, the Boris Master, coming out in 79.

David



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