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Subject: Re: For Steve B or Anyone in the Know about Dedicated Units

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 00:07:57 07/22/05

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On July 22, 2005 at 02:26:36, Terry McCracken wrote:

>What program was in the Desinger 1500? About a decade ago I saw this machine at
>a friend's place and decided to beat up on it. It was a horrific program which
>would be about as tough as CC1!
>
>It was so bad I played it Queen odds and still clobbered it in the middlegame! I
>don't think I've seen a dedicated unit this weak since the 70's and it was made
>in 1988 by Fidelity! The program must have from the 70's and it may have been a
>Ron Neilson pioneer project? Very odd. I'd say the Designer 1500 was below 500
>elo.
>
>Terry


     Hi Terry
     I would give the following information:
     Fidelity Designer 1500
     4 KB ROM
     256 Byte RAM
     Programmer: Dan and Kathe Spracklen
     Kind regards
     Kurt



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