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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..The Mysterious Excellence 6080B

Author: Lin Harper

Date: 18:24:04 02/25/06

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  Steve,
   Do you find the Fidelity machines to be unreliable? Or did I just have a bad
 run with them?  My first ever chess computer was the '8-Level', in the brown
plastic case, similar in shape to the one in your post. Light on every square.
It was reliable, but quite
weak in it's play. I remember taking it to work strapped on the back of my motor
bike. Sold it, then had a couple of Fidelity duds. A '9-Level', similar in shape
again, but the case was black. I bought it second hand and it broke down before
too long. Then I had a Fidelity Elegance, in a wooden case. It also broke down.
   A chess computer retailer told me he thought they perhaps developed problems
with non use, because others were reporting the same problem. My chess computer
was now a manual chess set.
  My Novag Expert is my pride and joy, even though it gets eaten alive by any
number of free software programs nowadays. It still gives me a tough fight.
   regards
   Lin



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