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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..On the Various Great Game Machine Modules

Author: Steve B

Date: 05:08:47 08/11/05

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Hi Alain

>back from holidays,


i hope you enjoyed your holidays

> I join this thread a bit late ;-)

better late then never
:))

>
>I received today an Applied Concepts Prodigy. The manual says "improved version
>of the world famous Morphy Program"... Has this version been released as a
>module for the GGM ?

no
the Prodigy was one of the two last computers released by the company
Applied Concepts changed their name to Destiny(ill fated choice of names) and
then released the Prodigy and the Steinitz Edition 4 module

then they proceeded to promptly go out of business while still in the middle of
making the Boris Handroid..leaving two prototypes on the drafting table
in Germany the Prodigy was released as the Mini Master..which is exactly the
same computer but the name Prodigy has been removed

look here:

the Destiny Prodigy Proper:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=c0f3&.dnm=44f7.jpg&.src=ph



the Destiny Mini Master
notice how the Prodigy name has been  removed:


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=c0f3&.dnm=ea25.jpg&.src=ph


Congrats on this fine addition to your ever growing excellent collection!
Steve



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