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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Got Two Grand For A Phantom?

Author: Steve B

Date: 12:08:14 01/15/06

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>
> Many years ago I had the opportunity of borrowing a Mephisto Lyon 68020 from
> a close friend of mine. He bought it used - about 10 months old - for something
> like $600. Remember I played a multitude of blitz games vs the Lyon - and had
> great fun. It was not so strong chesswise - but worked like a charm. This item
> was heavily used by my friend also - and since he used to smoke, the white
> squares slowly turned yellowish...Sorry to say - all my games got lost when
> I changed location. It would have been some fun looking at them again after all
> these years.


thanks for that recounting Sune
i cant imagine how much smoking it would take to actually change the colors of
the squares yellow!
wow

Marlboro Man Regards
Steve




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