Author: Ross Boyd
Date: 04:18:56 01/03/05
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On January 03, 2005 at 06:52:13, Steve B wrote: >in Sydney, there is a shop Chess Discount Sales run by Peter Parr. I have >>visited that shop countless times in the past 20 years. Peter may be unaware >>that he has some possibly valuable vintage computers still for sale. If I recall >>correctly he had a Fidelity Designer 2100 amongst others. > > >ah yes >Peter Parr and Chess Discount Sales >i purchased many items from Peter in the last several years. >:)) > >> >>I would imagine the Aussie collector would have visited that shop many times >>too. > >very strong reasoning and quite correct! > >> >> >>BTW, I don't know if you know of the 1st Correspondence World Champion and >>respected chess author/analyst Cecil J. Purdy... > >yes of course >i collect chess books as well >his book on the 1st Correspondence WC "how Purdy won" and his book on the 1972 >Fischer-Spassky WC Match are valued texts in my collection Yes, I know those two. There is also a great biography on Purdy (can't recall the name sorry) and it includes much of his best writing. He really was a gifted and insightful teacher of chess. I have plans to secure a copy and add some of his positional knowledge into TRACE. > > > > just as a bit of trivia, his >>son John Purdy became Australian OTB Champion (at least once) several years ago.>Well, he bought my Novag Forte after trouncing it at blitz (to my utter >>amazement). >> > >that i did not know >you should have kept the Forte >nice compact computer with a fine Kittinger program >i bet Peter still has it in his back storage room,,his son probably traded it in >for a newer model >:)) I bet you're right! > >Very Best Regards >Steve > > >PS ..i offer to trade you a Mephisto Vancouver 16 bit module for a years supply >of Vegamite >:) Deal!! In our house one jar of vegemite lasts several months. It tastes better when spread thinly.... ymmv... :-) Ross
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