Author: Thomas McBurney
Date: 20:10:26 03/03/03
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>> >>Should Intertan be on this list? I have a late 80's model chess computer with >>LCD screen which I purchased from Radio Shack. It's called Chess Champion >>2150L. Although it says "custom manufactured in China for Intertan" on the >>bottom of it, it does look suspiciously like a Scisys in the way some of it is >>designed and the pieces are exactly the same as you would get from a Scisys >>model. So, I'm just wondering if Intertan and Scisys are related in some way? > >yes they are >Scisys liscensed Radio shack to sell many of their computers >under the Scisys badge you have the Simultano(played 8 games at once) >under the Radio Shack badge you have the >2150 >2150L(has a library function to store games) >2250xl Would you happen to have any Hanimex chess computers in your collection? I owned a Hamimex Computachess II in the early to mid 80's. It played bad chess but I thought it was a good looking compact unit and it was quite musical when making moves etc. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore, I gave it way about 13 years ago, but now I wish I still owned it. I also own a Scisys 1650 and Scisys 1850. If I remember correctly the Scisys 1850 boasted a "ultra fast" 8Mhz processor, which back in those days (1986) was considered quite fast. 6000 move opening book database! Also, if I remember correctly the picture on the box for the Scisys 1850 showed the king and the queen the wrong way around. Is there anywhere on the internet where information can be found about all these different chess computers. I'm particularly interested in technical specifications, who programmed it and anything else that might be interesting. Cheers, Tom.
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