Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 08:01:45 07/22/05
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On July 22, 2005 at 03:07:57, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >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 Hi Kurt, thanks. The tiny program and ram explain why it was so weak. But why would they author such a trivial program and Fidelity release it in 1988 and suggest it's 1500 when it played chess like a gorilla? Terry
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