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Subject: Re: A dedicated unit that could have been - for Steve B

Author: Keith Evans

Date: 10:38:58 04/03/05

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On April 03, 2005 at 08:28:04, Steve B wrote:

>>
>>Next up - the dedicated chess computer that looks like an HP 12C designed just
>>for accountants. Appeals to both chess computer and calculator "freaks." (Search
>>on Ebay for various HP calculators sometime.) Do we have a starting bid? (Darn -
>>missed April 1st again) Are there any calculator style units still on the
>>market?
>
>
>actually Keith there was one chess computer released that was also a calculator
>released by Saitek and it does appear on Ebay every now and again
>
>it is very very rare and when it does appear it sells for literally thousands of
>dollars
>
>a rare glimpse of it appears below:
>
>http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=567a.jpg&.src=ph
>
>
>The Dedicated Computer That Was.. Regards
>Steve

I searched on google groups and found that some people purchased them for around
$10 when they were closed out in 1994. And here ten years later they sell on
Ebay for $1000? Wow!

-Keith



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