Author: steven blincoe
Date: 08:05:36 12/07/03
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>If I recall correctly: > >It was back around late 1978 or so; the US$100 unit was marketed by JSA in a >series of full page magazine advertisements that appeared in the likes of >_Scientific American_ and _Omni_. There was an attempt to get Karpov's >endorsement which he declined to provide. HI STEVE the unit your thinking of was in fact released in 1978 but it did not have LCD pieces and chess board it just showed the moves in alpa numeric format like the Chess challenger(1977) Karpov did wind up endorsing the unit the JSA was really made by Novag and was called the MK1 it was released in the USA and Canada by the JSA CO.(now long out of business) i guess i took it for granted that my question was refering to LCD pieces and chess board in portable handheld format,which follows the topic of this thread i have the JSA and i can report that it does in fact accept illegal moves,which is a blessing for me because then i can win in brilliant fashion! :)) the computer i am thinking of is the Mattel Computer Chess full chess board and LCD pieces in a handheld portable unit first ever sold for $200 brand new in 1980 was endorsed my Bruce Pandolfini and i quote him from the box: "PLAYS superb chess!" :)) Regards Steve > > >There was a contemporary report that the JSA model occasionally made an illegal >move. I did not have one of the units, so I can't offer my opinion on this. > >My first LCD board dedicated unit was a Chess Champion Mark V; circa 1981, it >plugged into a wall outlet.
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