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Subject: Re: Upgrade Excalibur Grand Master pieces?

Author: Bill King

Date: 10:52:50 05/31/04

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Thanks, all. My old Fidelity is a Sensory Chess Challenger 8 and it remembers
pieces in the c.p.u. and allows setting up the pieces anywhere (for chess
problems, mate in two etc.). Absolutely any pieces of any weight could be used,
for instance tiny pieces of labeled paper of no weight would function OK,
including 24 hour computer thinking play by email mode.

Since its of 1980s era, the c.p.u. is very very slow in its thinking... Pressing
down on the board's from and to squares tells the machine how you are moving
each move from the opening position be it a standard game or a setup problem
entered manually.

The original pieces' magnets held them to the board but were not necessar



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