Author: Steve B
Date: 17:37:34 02/20/05
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>Some time ago I picked up a Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 8 from a >second-hand store for 3 whole dollars. Actually, when I got it I didn't >know which model it was as it came without a manual. But eventually I >was able to identify it and I located a site from which I was able to purchase >the manual. > >The machine works fine although it is of course a pushover for any >reasonably good player. I suspect it is about 25 or more years old. > >So..a plain plastic machine, weak chess, very few options, a minimal >opening book and yet I am fascinated by it. Maybe because of the fact that of >all the chess computers I have, this is the only really old one... >from an era when the fact that a machine could play a coherent game >of chess seemed a miracle in itself. hi Eric well said in those days 1979(date of CC8 release) it really was a marvel to have a machine that could actually play a complete game of chess with you Best Steve
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