Author: Mark Rawlings
Date: 15:17:16 11/25/05
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On November 25, 2005 at 17:58:25, Steve B wrote: >>I think I might still have mine somewhere in a closet. By the way the printer >>cartridge/ribbon was also used by some other units at that time and they were >>readily available. I forgot what the other units were that used them. Might >>have been a handheld calculator with a built in printer ... not sure. I also >>think I have a Novag printer somewhere that was used with the Forte or some >>similiar unit. > > >between those two you just mentioned and the Fidelity Thermal printer and super >System III Printer attachment..these were the only printers ever made for >dedicated chess computers > >i was always amazed that Mephisto and Scisys/Saitek never thought enough of the >idea to release a printer.. > >personally i loved printing out the moves and diagrams > >Steve I think I mentioned this in a post before, but I remember using the Fidelity thermal printer with the Champion Chess Challenger back in the 80's. (We had a store around here called Chafitz that had a number of chess computers out for customers to play with.) Anyway, I printed a game out with with the thermal printer and the ink slowly disappeared! I still have the (blank) printout taped into a notebook! Mark
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