Author: John Coffey
Date: 14:51:19 01/19/99
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On January 19, 1999 at 17:24:28, joseph r. coppola wrote: >Help!!! I am in possession of a very old model electronic chess computer called >the Chess Challenger 7 made by Fidelity Electronics. Unfortunately, I do not >have the instructional manual that accompanied the game. I am looking for a >copy of the manual or someone who can explain the keyboard entries. Thanks. The keyboard entries on this thing are pretty simple. (It has been a very long time - 20 years- since I had one of these so I don't remember everything.) But you enter the moves using algebraic notation. i.e. e2e4 means pawn in front of the king up two squares. I don't recall if there is an enter key or not but if try to make an illegal move it will display something like "????" or "----" to indicate that the move needs to be made again. I think (but not sure) that there is a clear button for clearing mis-entries. There is a double-move button which allows you to move for both sides or play against yourself if you want setup an opening or problem. (You have to hit DM before each move. Double Move might allow illegal moves for setting up problems.) I don't remember if there is a verify position or setup position other than double move. The levels on the thing were pretty peculiar in that the increased in this order .... 1, 2, 3, 7, 6, 4, 5. I think that 4 or 5 is "postal chess" mode that takes around 24 hours per move, but usually it takes less. John Coffey
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