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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Robot Auction's Come Back Down To Earth..

Author: Steve B

Date: 14:24:49 01/17/05

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>
>                  Hi.I have never really thought the Premier to be
>                  worthwhile.Yes it has two programs in it one Fidelity
>                  and one the Meph.Van.But both of these programs had
>                  reduced features.I know the MV had a smaller book and
>                  less RAM.


you know Alan i never heard of this before
i was under the impression that both programs were exactly the same as found in
the Fidelity Mach III'S and Van 16 bit modules
i will certianly research this further


>                  And when the other program was chosen all info.stored
>                  in the first program was lost.

well that is certainly true
>
>                 And both were wooden boards.


again very true
the Mach III 2265 program was available in the beautiful Elite A/G board and of
course the Van 16 could be used in the two Mephisto wooden boards

but you know Alan,from a collecting standpoint the Premiere was the only chess
computer ever released to contain two programs and so it is a very important
computer historically
in addition it was the very LAST computer sold under the Fidelity label ,again
of interest historically

now dont get me wrong..i am  not saying the computer is worth $1500-$2000
only that i an guessing this will be the selling price

the Elite Premiere when it was released in 1992  Brand NEW sold for less then
$750

but i can tell you this..
i got my Premiere by trading away a Mint in box Tasc R30(V2.5)-SB30.
however i did get  two other wooden computers as well

Best
Steve







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