Author: Steve B
Date: 06:57:55 01/24/05
Perhaps we can say this computer is the exact opposite if the term RARE however no anthology of the old computers could be complete without its inclusion The Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 remains to this day ,and most probably for all time, the largest selling chess computer ever made. programmed by Ron Nelson and released in 1979,it ran on the Z80 A processor at 4 MHz it had a small opening book of less then 100 positions and was rated at about 1300 Elo the computer was constructed out of cheap plastic which enabled Fidelity to offer the computer to the buying public at the very attractive price of $100 buyers who were not serious chess players bought them up as gifts,or as curiosities,wanting the latest high-tech gizmo of the day. much the same as we see today with the Palm,Pocket,PDA,Blackberry(or is it Blueberry?)market. Fidelity wound up selling close to 700,000 units there are always at least 5-10 CC7'S available on Ebay on any given day: personally i always get a kick out of the photo on the CC7 box Dad and Son play chess while a loving and adoring Mom looks on approvingly and in marital bliss http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=4ef0.jpg&.src=ph whenever my Wife complains about my collection i always refer her to this photo her typical response..UH HUH Best Steve
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