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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Robot Mania On Ebay

Author: Mark Young

Date: 01:42:44 01/11/05

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On January 10, 2005 at 20:57:37, Steve B wrote:

>Undoubtedly due to the very high prices recently achieved by Robot chess
>computers,i count no less then FIVE current auctions on Ebay for chess Robots
>3 Fidelity 6100 Phantoms
>1 MB Phantom
>1 MB Milton
>
>i would be very wary of bidding on this Fidelity Phantom
>even though the seller says the computer is working ,he does not have the
>correct pieces
>he shows the computer with a set of small wooden magnetic pieces
>
>the correct Phantom pieces are completely different then these
>they are very light weight(plastic).taller and thinner
>it is highly unlikely that  the electromagnets underneath the playing surface
>could possibly move these pieces correctly

Anyone owning a Phantom would know.... There is no way a Phantom will moves wood
pieces. It will only move the plastic phantom pieces, and it only does this well
on a clean, and dust free phantom board.

>
>this could indicate that the computer has not been tested correctly and could be
>defective
>at the very least,a question to the seller raising this issue would be in order.
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5949109090
>
>High Level Alert Regards
>Steve



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