Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 11:19:02 01/21/05
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On January 21, 2005 at 14:07:24, Steve B wrote: >Actually, I mis-spoke. Upon further inspection, the box does have a decal that >was pasted over the Excel 68000 graphics that does say it's a Mach II 6097, but >it does not mention the LA tournament. The manual is for an Excel 68000 > >ALL excel manuals are exactly the same ..68K MACH II,and MACH III > >i even think the Excel Mach IV has the same manual but i would have to check to >be sure > > >>My other machine is probably more rare than that. It's a Fidelity Chess >>Challenger 12 SE (special edition). The model number is SE12. I had purchased >>Fidelity computers before (CC 7, and a Champion CC Voice [non-functional now]), >>so this was a mailer promotion. It was a CC 12 with the 1983 World Champion >>program, but the clock speed was bumped up to 3.6 instead of the usual 3.0, >>IIRC. This is all from memory, since I don't have the origianl flyer or box. I >>do have a manual, which is for a standard CC 12. > >you have a great memory and a VERY rare computer with the SE12 >you are the only other person to have a SE12 other then me that i know of >all of the information you just qouted is exactly correct and i have to say i am > impressed(if that means anything) > >dont worry about this manual either >all SC12 computers(SC12,sc12B,SC12C,SE12 and SX12) have the same manual >the only difference between all of the computers is the clock speeds I'm curious how you came by your SE12. Mine shipped with tiny little peices -- the same pieces used for the CC7. They looked ridiculous on the 12 board, which was much larger than the old CC7 board. The flyer showed nice wood pieces. I called Fidelity and complained. They were reluctant to ship me properly sized peices, but I complained that the flyer made it look like you would get nice wooden ones. They relented and sent me some wood peices, but they seemed to be designed for an auto-sensory board (one of the excellence line, perhaps) because the entire base of each peice was a a magnet, and since the SC12 board is not magnetic, the pieces would stick to each other if they got too close. But they looked good on the SE12 so I did not complain. Pretty strange transaction. I figured they needed to dump a bunch of SC12 boards, so they did a special promotion with a higher clock chip. Is the SE12 much sought after? Seems like it would be more obscure than desireable since it's not really much different than a stock SC12, and there were faster versions made later, with 5.0 mhz clocks, IIRC. Matt > > >Best Regards >Steve
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