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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Fidelity Micro has two very different versions?

Author: Dick Schneiders

Date: 11:01:32 02/27/05

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On February 27, 2005 at 11:34:16, Steve B wrote:

>
>Fidelity released two versions of the Micro as you have said
>the regular one had 4 rows while the one released in conjunction with CXG had 3
>rows.the CXG version was called Pocket Chess

>around 1990 Fidelity and CXG entered into a liscense agreement and several
>computers were released that were exactly the same except for the name or
>"badge" on the face of the computer
>other examples would include the Chess Card and the Mini chess

Interesting stuff, Steve.  Were the processors of these two versions the same?

>i dont have my Micro here with me but i do recall that the SP key was to set up
>a position

Ok, that makes sense - sort of a Problem Mode.  One strange difference is that
the lower version has three positions, On, Off and Save, while the version I
have has only two, On and Save/Off.  I think it goes into the Save mode, and not
off, if a game is still in progress, and if you want to turn it off you have to
hit NG (new game) first.

>
>as to the levels...
>
>i am going from memory here  but it would be only  one of two ways
>
>the Micro had 64 levels of play
>
>i think if you press the LV key followed by a number 1-64(look at the keys and
>you will see the numbers next to the letters..A1..B2..etc)then the EN key it
>should change the level
>

Yes, that is the way it works.


>sorry i cant say what the different levels are from memory
>

When I was blindly changing the levels, not knowing what they meant, I ran into
some where the computer would not move, unless I forced it to with the MO key.
These are no doubt two-person modes.  What I have not been able to determine is
what the order of the levels are.

Thanks for clearing up so much of this.  I know this is a very low level
computer, but I really hate to have mysteries about anything.

Dick Schneiders



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