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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Yet Another Fidelity Chess Challenger 1 On Ebay

Author: Darrel Briley

Date: 04:59:30 05/31/05

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On May 31, 2005 at 07:32:26, Steve B wrote:

>The very first dedicated chess computer ever released for sale to the public
>
>these seem to be appearing on a semi-monthly basis now
>
>i remember reading a post on one of the other dedicated computers sites(Kurt's i
>think)where some guy came up with the idea that there were only about 250 CC1's
>left in existance today because of the original 1000 released, 750 have been
>upgraded to the CC3
>i disagreed with that notion and said so
>
>my guess is not more then 100-200 were actually upgraded leaving 800-900 in
>circulation today
>
>however if this guy was right i think all 250 have shown up on Ebay since i have
>been following Ebay
>
>but perhaps this is the same CC1 being sold 250 times?
>:))
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5203695834
>
>Best
>Steve

Well, I have a CC1 that has never been on ebay.  I picked it up quite a few
years ago at a yard sale for 50 cents.  It works and has all the pieces, but did
not come with he original box, packing material or manual.  It may yet show up
on ebay one day if the market is right :)



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