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Subject: Elite Premiere and Phantom on ebay.

Author: John Graham

Date: 18:04:06 01/17/05


Hi everyone,

I am the seller of the Elite Premiere and the Phantom with the wooden pieces! I
don't visit this forum much anymore, but stopped buy to announce the auctions -
but I see the collectors have already found them.

With regard to the phantom - yes the pieces from the Novag Emerald Classic work
great and look great too! Anyone interested might check with Schach Niggemann -
I bought the pieces there (intended for a different computer) a couple of years
ago for roughly $15 or so.  I have nothing to do with the other auction that had
wood pieces on a phantom - I see it caused some controversy! I don't know if the
wood pieces on that machine worked or not - they looked bigger in the photos
than mine.

Anyway, I bought my first chess computer back in 1986 (A TurboStar 432) - and
have collected many since then. Now I have decided to clear out the collection.
I really don't use them at all - how can I when I have so many :). I will
probably hold onto a few, but I am not sure which. It is kind of sad to
dismantle a collection like this, but since I moved house about a year ago, they
have been locked away in a closet.

Some of the others that might show up on e-bay include:
Another Phantom
Mephisto Bavaria with Genius 68030 and almost a full set of spare pieces. (my
personal favourite)
Mephisto Magellan, Vancouver modules and Exclusive/modular boards.
Novag Universal Board with Sapphire II and distributor box
A slightly quirky Saitek Galelio with Analyst D 6MHz.

And many smaller computers including:
Saitek Simultano
Novag Constellation Forte (5Mhz)
Novag Emerald Classic
Fidelity Designer 2265
Fidelity Par Excellence
Fidelity Excellence Voice
Saitek Virtuoso
etc.

One thing is for certain - I am keeping my Turbostar 432 :) - I had to save for
months to buy that when I was a college student.

Anyway, good luck to anyone who is also an e-bayer. Oh - and thanks SteveB for
your kind statements :). I won't be trying to outbid you anymore :(.

John.



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