Author: James T. Walker
Date: 08:35:49 03/14/99
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On March 14, 1999 at 09:24:43, eric guttenberg wrote: >I have a Fidelity Premier Elite auto-sensory chess computer that worked >flawlessly for years. All wood, tournament size, it is a nice piece of >furniture in addition to playing a pretty good game of chess-I estimate >about 2300 USCF. But recently it stopped working. It won't power up. >I suspect a "short" somewhere in the wiring but I don't really know. My >question is, does anyone know if there is a place to get repair service >for this? Fidelity no longer exists, apparently. The electronic and computer >places around here don't want to look at it. >Incidentally, I also have an old Mephisto Exclusive wood auto-sensory >computer from 1983..It still works, dinosaur that it is, plays around >1900 USCF... Hello Eric, I also have a couple of dinosaurs. I have a Fidelity Prestige which I had upgraded to the Mark IV (68020 @ 20 Mhz). I also have the Mephisto Munchen with the Risc modules. I love both of those machines. I have sucessfully repaired both of them (The Fidelity many times). If you have LED's or a display lit up then you probably will need a schematic for troubleshooting (And a good Electronics Tech). If the led's/display is not lit up then it is probably a problem with the power supply(maybe even a fuse or fuse-resistor). (If a fuse or resistor burned out then also check the nearest electrolytic capacitor) If that is the case then any good E.T. should be able to fix it without a schematic diagram. Good Luck. Jim Walker
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