Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 09:07:03 11/19/04
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Steve, Thanks for showing us that. Being a single dad with 3 kids, I can only drool over the item. Well, at least I have a new computer on which to put my Chessbase "beasts," so I am happy enough. Forgive my "newbie-ness" but I was puzzled by the apparent behavior of bidders on this item. There have been 14 bids so far, and several of the bidders seemed to be bidding against themselves! Every 2 or 3 minutes, the same bidder would raise their bid against their own bid by several hundred Euro! What's with that? I see no other bids during that time. What gives? Mark On November 19, 2004 at 08:27:37, Steve B wrote: >This could turn out to be the highest price ever paid for a dedicated chess >computer to be offered on Ebay > >the Mephisto Tournament Machine with the Vancouver 68030 program >full piece recognition board >less then 50 were made(and some say less then 25 were actually sold) >purchase price when brand new was $7500 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5934299490 > >the most ever paid for a Dedicated computer was just under $3500 for a very rare >Mephisto Excalibur(first dedicated computer to use the 68000 motorola processor) > >5 hours to go..as i write this >Best >Steve
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