Author: Steve B
Date: 04:57:33 08/15/05
Congrats once again to Sir Mark Rawlings for correctly being the first member to correctly name The Fidelity Elite Sensory Champion kudos to Murat for also giving the correct answer while there were several good answers none of these computers were as WIDELY advertised for their limited production run indeed the major selling point was the limited number of units to be made the Elite SC was heavily advertised as a "Limited Edition release" with only 500 units to be made and would contain the original owners name engraved on a gold plaque in the front of the unit together with the number of that particular computer. ads were placed in the USCF chess magazine ,and owners of registered Fidelity chess computers were sent advertising offers. special quality control certificates and certificates of authenticity were also issued for each unit testifying to the owners name and unit number each member of the production team would sign off including Ron Nelson(inventor of the first dedicated chess computer) it sold out within weeks of final production at close to $1000 each the Elite Champion is a highly valued computer by Collector's Worldwide the Fidelity Elite Champion NO.399 (i am not the original owner): http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=27fc&.dnm=1c0e.jpg&.src=ph here is a photo of the quality control and authenticity certificates if you download and enlarge the photo Ron Nelson's signature can been seen on the Blue Certificate of Authenticity ..second from the top line http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=27fc&.dnm=ec05.jpg&.src=ph Limited Regards Steve
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