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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..On Dedicated Chess Computer World Championship

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 06:15:19 08/16/05

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On August 16, 2005 at 09:07:23, Steve B wrote:

>>>                                  Is this unit more easy to find than the
>>>                                  Glasgow? If so why?
>
>
>sorry ..forgot to speak to the "why" part of your question
>
>this is because like me in those days people interested in chess computers would
>"UPGRADE" a module instead of buying a whole new module
>this was MUCH cheaper to do
>
>so many would have upgraded and most times not even kept or even received back
>the Glasgow Eprom(program)
>
>another reason is that Mephisto was not sold in great quantites in North America
>until after their win in 1985
>before that Fidelity won the titles(with a one year win by Scisys )
>
>Best
>Steve

you can download the 4 mephisto glasgow eprom data here

http://www.thorstenczub.de/MEPHI3S.ZIP

at those days the modular with mephisto III S was sold for 2800 DM and the
wooden exclusive board was sold for 3000 DM.





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