Author: Steve B
Date: 07:44:58 01/19/05
Some additional computers/modules considered rare by Collector's Worldwide: From CGL..the Chess Master Series CGL released several computers under the Chess Master label of these the Triumphe,Master,Counter Gambit and Travel Sensory are highly sought after shown below are the Triumphe and Travel Sensory: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=dc14.jpg&.src=ph http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=c9d1.jpg&.src=ph From Applied Concepts..the Walnut Boris Master while the normal Walnut Boris is a very beautiful early computer ,it is fairly common to find less common and somewhat rare is the Boris Master the BM has the additional feature of being able to save the current game in memory by flipping the "Memory"switch on the face of the computer Applied Concepts had plans to release a Boris Grand Master but as with the Handroid it went out of business before it finished production: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=d4d6.jpg&.src=ph From Scisys.. modules for the Sensory Chess released in 1981 Scisys released the Sensory chess computer in 2 versions several modules were also released for the Sensory chess the following photo shows four such modules the two on each end..the Classical Style and Hyper Modern modules are quite rare normally these modules were sold together with the Strong Play Module, so more common were the Classical Style Super Strong(2nd module from the right) and Hyper Modern Super Strong : http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=7438.jpg&.src=ph and finally no listing of rare birds should be without a nice wooden computer From CLJ(not to be confused with CGL or CXG)..the Le Emperour CLJ was a French company that released perhaps 2-3 chess computers before going out of business the Le Emperour was released in 1984 and is in the same rare category as the Applied Concepts La Regence and Omikron Bogol 5.0 http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=c1cf.jpg&.src=ph http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=ad35.jpg&.src=ph Best Steve
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