Author: bryan whitby
Date: 01:11:47 02/16/06
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On February 15, 2006 at 19:12:46, Steve B wrote: >As is well known ,the inventor of the first commercially available computer to >be able to play a game of chess was the legendary Ron Nelson > >not so well known however, is that Nelson also pioneered the use of the voice >chip for his computers >the very first computer to use this chip was called appropriately called the >Voice Chess Challenger released in 1979 >it had a cold ,computer like sound to it, and could only call out the moves and >make a few simple statements >the VCC was released in two versions..the VCC and the Advanced VCC > > >to celebrate the use of this new feature Fidelity released the VCC and AVCC in >two tournament sized wooden boards >the boards could not recognize the moves and the moves had to be inputted via >the Keyboard as in the VCC-AVCC >but the boards themselves and the pieces were magnificent and worth owning just >as a chess set alone > >the Fidelity Decorator Challenger: >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=fc80&.dnm=44fb.jpg&.src=ph > >the Fidelity Grandmaster Voice: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=fc80&.dnm=1b67.jpg&.src=ph > >to this day Nelson continues to perfect the voice feature increasing the >vocabulary with each new release for Excalibur > >the upcoming Talking Chess Phantom Robot will feature the most elaborate voice >feature ever heard in a dedicated computer to date > >Speechless Regards >Steve Steve Obviously you don't want to say in public what your conversation with Ron was about but are Excalibur actually going to release the Phanton? Yes or no will do. Bryan
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