Author: JNoomen
Date: 08:26:30 02/25/06
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On February 25, 2006 at 07:15:53, Steve B wrote: Hi Steve, Great story, thanks! And a nice machine, this Excellence Deluxe. Sigh, one day I hope I can pick up a Super 9 somewhere. Need not be the Deluxe one, but the normal one will do..... Super regards, Jeroen >The term DELUXE has been used very sparingly when it comes to the old computers >Indeed only two computers ever achieved this high praise > >in chess computer collecting parlance .."Deluxe "is attributed to a computer >that is released first in a normal non- wooden version and then released >again..with little or no modification.. but this time surrounded in life >giving,mouth watering ,glorious ..wood > >the Fidelity Super 9 is well known to readers of these pages . >the program was released first as an upgrade to the Champion Sensory and then as >its own stand alone unit > >the Super 9: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=27fc&.dnm=4e55.jpg&.src=ph > >then soon after Fidelity makes schachcomputer history by releasing the first >"DELUXE" computer ever > > >the Super 9 DELUXE: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=27fc&.dnm=63a1.jpg&.src=ph > > >Fidelity also released the well known Excellence which is a perennial favorite >of the Rank and File Collector > >again readers of these pages well know that the Excellence came in two versions >the EP12 and the 6080 > >both versions were basically the same with only small differences in the playing >level options > >the Fidelity Excellence: >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=27fc&.dnm=b7dd.jpg&.src=ph > > >however very little is known about the Deluxe version > >shrouded in mystery and only whispered about in the lofty palaces of the top >collectors ..only one known specimen has been sighted to date.. > >captured in England and brought back to the country of its origin .. >subsequent scientific testing and pain staking analysis has shown it to be of >the 6080 species > >the Fidelity Excellence DELUXE: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=27fc&.dnm=4853.jpg&.src=ph > >Deluded Regards >Steve
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