Author: Mark Young
Date: 18:59:09 07/25/05
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On July 25, 2005 at 21:39:52, Steve B wrote: > >>What was the defect rate on the Designer 2265 Master? I was sent 5 of these POS >>before I got one that worked 100%, or worked at all. Needless to say it did not >>last the year before the 5th one stopped working. > >to the best of my knowledge there were no unusually high defect rates for the >Designer Mach III or Excel Mach III..same for the Mach IV series I had an order in for the 2265 from day one. So I am sure I got one of the first runs of this product. I was sent 5 of them, some had bad LCDS and 2 of them did not work at all. This is the only time I ever had a problem with a chess computer. > >sometimes a certain production run can be bad but the rest of the computers made >for that model will be flawless >personally i had to go through 2-3 Scisys Mark V'S to finally get one that didnt >have a problem with the LCD pieces > >> >>Model 6114 or the EAG 2265 worked great. I Never had any problems with the >>wooden version. > >still cant believe you sold this >a mint EAG V2 today would have bring in mega bucks I got good money for it, but like anything that is collectable it is worth more today then what I sold it some years ago. I still have a working chessmachine with the 14Mhz risc chip. It is still in my 8088 IBM, with a hugh 20 meg harddrive and 5.25 in floppy. The last time I turned it on. It sounded like a siren going off as it warmed up.:) > >Saddened Regards >Steve
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