Author: James T. Walker
Date: 04:26:09 04/19/99
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On April 17, 1999 at 11:07:20, Mark Rawlings wrote: >As one who has never thrown away any computer chess information since the late >70's, I have an old ICD ad that lists a chess printer for the Voice Sensory >Challenger, Champion Chess Challenger, Elite, and Prestige. It doesnt have a >model umber, but the ICD proce was $175. (This was during the time the Prestige >was selling for $999.95.) I also have an old brochure from Fidelity that has a >picture of the printer for the Voice Sensory and Champion Chess Challengers. >The model number was "FP," which I assume stands for Fidelity Printer. (I can >send you a scan of it if you want.) It printed out on a strip of thermal paper >using a special "disappearing ink." I played a game against the Champion at the >store one time and kept the printout. It's completely blank now! > >Maybe looking through some old Chess Life's would give you some more info. > >Mark > > >On April 16, 1999 at 14:15:30, robert wrote: > >>I'd like to be able to get game output from my old Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger >>but have no information on the printer which would normally be attached to the >>little round 5-pin interface. So my questions are: >> >>1. What kind of printer was it? In case I have to try to buy a used one, does >>anybody know the model number for the original? Steve at Your Move mentioned >>that the printer might be a modified Epson invoice printer; does anyone know >>whether non-Fidelity printers will work? >> >>2. Has anybody ever bothered to make a home-brew interface to convert the >>signals coming from the printer port to an RS-232 interface? I threw a scope on >>the port and it looks similar to an old Apple interface; can anyone verify that? >> If I could get some sort of EBCDIC or ASCII input for one of my computers I >>could probably massage it into some usable format by writing a little routine in >>C, awk or sed. >> >>I'd be thankful for any information or suggestions on where to find more >>information (or an actual printer if I can't breadboard an interface). And to >>answer the question "Why doesn't he just toss the Fidelity and get a TASC or >>Kasparov autoboard", first, I like the old thing and second, I'm not really good >>enough yet to need anything stronger than the Fidelity and don't want to sink a >>lot of money into chess equipment until I see how well my ability develops and >>whether my enthusiasm for the game keeps increasing. >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>Robert Hello Robert, I think I have the printer in my junk box somewhere. Also, Fidelity made a cable and disk for communicating with a computer for the prestige. They sent me a set free for some reason and I never tried to use it. Problem is, I worked for the U.S. Govt. for years and done a lot of traveling around. Packing household goods up and moving I seem to have misplaced it. I'll look around for it but hold no real hope. Jim Walker
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