Author: Thomas McBurney
Date: 21:23:39 07/29/05
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On July 29, 2005 at 22:11:25, Steve B wrote: >Portable chess computers have been around since the early days of dedicated >chess computers >While an exact definition is hard to come by, most collector's will agree that >a portable is one that can be held in one hand and runs on batteries,although >actually playing it will require two hands > >while many larger computers can run on batteries they really cannot comfortably >be played without resting it on a desk or other flat surface > >Portable chess computer collecting is not for everyone >indeed many collector's have no interest in this niche of the hobby while some >will collect only the small marvels > >collecting portables has some obvious advantages over their bigger brothers >namely,the cost which is much less and the space requirement for storage is also >far less demanding > >indeed, one can acquire a fairly good collection of portables for the price of >only one high end wooden computer > >some portables are quite strong and one does not have to necessarily sacrifice >strength for size > >the Question.. > >please name the VERY FIRST PORTABLE chess computer to be released for sale >the winner will be the FIRST member to correctly post the EXACT FULL NAME and >the YEAR OF RELEASE > >i am asking for an exact name because many computers in the early days had >similar names I'll have a stab... Was it the Fairchild F8 Compuchess from 1977? Manufactured by Staid Inc. Cheers, Tom.
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