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Subject: Collector's Corner..The Little Color Blind Chess Computer

Author: Steve B

Date: 18:58:51 07/08/05


Actually with this chess computer it would probably be better if the player were
color blind

the Fidelity Poppy Challenger was released only in Europe
it contained the same program and features as the Fidelity Sensory Challenger
8(SC8)
indeed the manuals are exactly the same

why Fidelity choose these colors for the squares and pieces is beyond me

but i have my suspicions..

the Poppy is secretly housed in the same casing as the Fidelity SC6 with the
display screen
the SC6 was a notoriously poor seller for Fidelity and most probably Fidelity
has many left over SC6 casings

so they came up with the idea to cover up the display with a sticker and release
the Poppy with  the  SC8 program (a great selling program ) only in Europe with
a wild and crazy color scheme


legend has it that there were other color schemes but i have never seen the
Poppy in anything other then this one

i caution you to lower the lights and  shield your eyes...

the Poppy Challenger with Sticker:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=/27fc&.dnm=fc77.jpg&.src=ph


the Poppy Unmasked:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=/27fc&.dnm=f644.jpg&.src=ph


Blinded Regards
Steve



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