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Subject: Re: Mephisto Wundermaschine - A Great Idea or an Abomination?

Author: Steve B

Date: 08:56:44 12/11/04

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>Steve/Everyone I wondered what your opinion was on this strange combination of
>PC and wooden board chess computer.
>
>http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarwundermaschine.htm


well it is a rare bird
not many were sold ..perhaps less then 10
i do not own one so i cant say how it played
im guessing it has a high defect rate with it being almost impossible to repair

as far as the concept of integrating a chess computer with a PC  well not my cup
of tea..but that is my personal taste




>
>I noticed that in October a one-off? in an Impos Royal board with Rebel programs
>running under Windows 98 came up on Ebay.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5927576515

this is a home made concoction that was not released for sale to the general
public
i do not consider these sorts of items as collectable
just as i do not collect  modified computers.

>
>No doubt you know of others Steve?

actually the only PC-DEDICATED combo that was released for sale i know of is the
Mephisto and then there was this Frankenstein concoction
there are probably others like the last one floating around i would imagine

Steve



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