Author: Steve B
Date: 08:18:55 11/09/05
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the seller has replied and also included the question and answer in the eBAY listing here is the Q and A: Hello, is the prototype working? thank you! 09-Nov-05 A: The short answer is I don't know. I believe it requires a different power supply (marked on the machine) from the production models and so hasn't been tested since 1981. Also the program is on EPROM, not ROM, and EPROMS were mainly intended for use in prototyping, not for production models, so may not have lasted. However, having said all that, it was very well made, so it could well still work. END OF REPLY the Eprom was the most widely used way store and read a chess program for the old computers and of course were used in all production models as well as prototypes, so i am not sure what the seller means by all of that but it comes down to this.. Protoype has not been tested since 1981 seller does not have the adaptor to attempt a test Best Steve
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