Author: Mark Young
Date: 07:45:41 01/24/05
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On January 24, 2005 at 09:57:55, Steve B wrote: >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 I think this a to computer I had as a kid. If I remember right, you could never beat this machine. As it would show any checkmate on the computer as an ILLEGAL move. :)
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