Author: Dave C.
Date: 12:29:20 08/12/99
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On August 12, 1999 at 14:06:53, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On August 11, 1999 at 22:36:03, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>On August 11, 1999 at 14:07:18, Al Boning wrote: >> >>>Is there a FAQ or does anyone know the story of what happened to Fidelity >>>International? >>> >>>I remember them being prominant in the computer chess market place and then the >>>they just seemed to drop out of sight. >>> >>>Just curious ... >>> >>>Al >>-------- >>Hi Al, >> They closed their doors! Gone out of business >> >>Terry > > >More details: they were bought by Hagener&Glaser and it was like buying tickets >in the Titanic. Hagerner& Glaser also fell in pieces some time after that. Who >will be the next? I suppose were the consequences of the fade away of expesive >stand alone units as software got prominence. >Fernando Al, I have a Fidelity Elite A/S which needed some minor repairs and I was looking through the owners manuel for repair information. I noticed that the mailing address for the old Fidelity Electronics company is the same as the current address for the Excalibur game company in Florida. I called and asked a rep from Excalibur about Fidelity and they said that although Fidelity used to be located there, they are gone and Excalibur does not service Fidelity chess machines. Best Regards, Dave
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