Author: steven blincoe
Date: 04:22:00 07/15/04
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hi Ross >Speaking from an Australian POV I agree there is not a huge interest in chess in >general here. I can think of only two newspapers which sport a regular chess >column. "The Bulletin" discontinued its column AFAIK some years ago. We have, I >think, 2 GMs Ian Rogers and Daryl Johansen. And surprisingly enough we had the >1st World Correspondence Champion in C.J Purdy who btw, wrote some great >instructional chess literature. Purdy was indeed a great player and a great annotator as well his book of the Fischer-Spassky match(How Fischer Won) IMO was one of the best to cover the match..not to mention his recounting of how he won the World Correspondence Championship one of the world's leading collector's of the old computers is from Austrailia in addition ,there is a great Austrailain web site that offers chess computers (both new and old)but i cannot mention the name for fear of the wrath of our sponsers :)) >Steve, I know you're a collector - strangely enough it was dedicated chess >computers which caught my interest in the mid 80's. I've owned quite a few and >this was the impetus to learn programming so that one day I could write a chess >engine... and what a buzz it is to finally get one out there... and who could >have predicted the power of the internet to fuel our hobby. i am glad you mentioned this! most here have no interest in the old computers ..my postings generally are read by those longing for a good nights sleep ( insomnicas ) after a long day with PC chess :) >>BTW, I have a Hanimex HCG1900 Computachess in full working order. Very nice rare >80's machine with magnetic sensory board. Want to make me an offer? The shipping >could be prohibitive. :-) thank you for your offer. i have the Hanimex .this computer was also released under several other brand names such as Conic and Scheider Best..and Gday Mate Steve
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