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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..The Last Beautiful Day

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:33:29 03/01/06

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On March 01, 2006 at 18:28:48, Steve B wrote:

>As is well known..Billions of years from now..our Sun will Super Nova and engulf
>the Earth
>before this time..there will be one..final.. beautiful day with a clear blue
>sky..white puffy clouds  birds singing and children playing with their toys
>the Last Beautiful Day
>
>Jeroen Noomens post about the defective Champion got me to thinking of this Last
>Day
>
>as the years roll by..more and more of the old computers become defective
>yes some can be repaired, but the overall rate of computers no longer working
>over and above those being repaired always increases
>furthermore, sooner or later all Eproms containing the program code will erase
>and be lost forever
>
>there will be one ..final ..day..when the last chess computer that works..stops
>working..and there are  no longer any dedicated computers alive
>
>that day will be a very bad day
>
>I Pray its Not a Millennium computer regards
>Steve

Hello Collector Expert Person,

Just out of curiosity, have there been ANY impressive new dedicated chess
computers released that AREN'T of the cute little portable hand-held variety?
I'm talking about something attractive.

Many wondering thanks....

jm



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