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Subject: Re: trivia persuit-handheld lcd dedicated chess computer

Author: steven blincoe

Date: 13:37:43 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 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.

hi Steve
this is the computer you are thinking of:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2771576555&category=15403
Regards
Steve



>
>My first LCD board dedicated unit was a Chess Champion Mark V; circa 1981, it
>plugged into a wall outlet.



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