Author: Steve B
Date: 05:10:53 02/08/06
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>Well, the guys at Excalibur are at it again, stating that a new robotic chess >computer will hit the shelves this summer. >This time it's called 'The Phantom' (where have I heard that name before) and >will sell for around £150. >We all know what happened to their last press statement about the 'Talking Chess >Robot' with the handroid arm. I spoke to the Professor who developed it in Hong >Kong and he told me that they had completed all of Excaliburs engineering >requirements but didn't know why Excalibur hadn't put it into production after >spending so much money on the development. well i spoke to the guy who was responsible for the chess and voice programming in th ill-fated " Robotic Chess" the problem was all on the Hong Kong End i can say no more this new release sounds to me like it will be similar to the Mirage but with an upgraded program Excalibur is well aware of the high prices the Mirages pull down on Ebay the problem with the Mirages were the very high defect rates hopefully if these new Robots are ever released they will be made a bit more solidly Not Holding My Breathe Regards Steve
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