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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..The Best Selling Chess Computer Of All Time..

Author: Steve B

Date: 15:59:15 01/24/05

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>I was one of the 700,000 buyers.  It was a lot of fun for a while, but there
>were some physical problems with mine.  For example, the "keys" on the keypad
>needed to be pushed down extremely hard, and my fingers were getting sore.  I
>found a small hard rubber ball in my old toy box, and I used the ball to push
>down on the keys.  I challenged my friend to play CC7, and the first thing he
>said when I brought him the set was, "What the hell is the rubber ball for?"
>
>Mark  :)


another great memory from the glory days
when men were men and chess computers were sold without mice and keyboards

if my CC7 ever exhibits the  "sticky key" problem i will remember you rubber
ball "fix"

Best
Steve






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