Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 22:16:18 07/29/05
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Steve I'm truly frustrated with this one! Compuchess was first guessed by Tom below, about 3+min. over me, then he realized it had one other criteria, it must run on batteries, and I overlooked that as well...sigh..! So this is my last attempt! I believe it is the first chess computer I ever played and I trounced it badly well in the store:)) The portable was Tandy Computerized Chess manufactured by Scisys in 1979. Terry 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 > > >the winner will receive free of all cost(including shipping) the Excalibur >Cutless >itself a very nice portable ,with an information rich LCD display it will play >at around 1600-1700 USCF >and of course will run on batteries >:) >i will ship Worldwide > > >it will come with the manual and full piece set >in very good condition but NO BOX > >photo of the Cutless: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=/3353&.dnm=3601.jpg&.src=ph > >i have closed most of the other photo Albums so no one can take a peek to find >the answer > >i will keep the question open until 12 PM Midnight (EST) Saturday July 30 2005 > >Good Luck Regards >Steve
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