Author: Robert C. Maddox
Date: 22:29:49 08/24/99
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On August 24, 1999 at 20:42:56, Steven Schwartz wrote: >The case went to trial in 1991 and lasted three weeks. Fidelity >tried to convince the jury that a full page ad which we ran in >Chess Life magazine (The Federation publication) in September of >1985 saying that the Sensory 9 played "Over 1700" damaged them >to the tune of 1.5 million dollars. Why? Because Fidelity was >telling all their distributors that the 9 was playing "Over 2000" >and we caused them to lose about 50,000 Sensory 9 sales. In >fact, the Federation at that time had just about 50,000 members, >so that meant that ALL were planning on purchasing a "9" and >our "Over 1700" ad convinced ALL of them not to. In the first half of 1992 edition of CCR, in an article entitled "Now it Can Be Told" you describe a lawsuit of this kind with Fidelity, but the computer involved was the "Excellence." Were you sued twice by Fidelity? :) BTW, I have a working 9, and it does indeed give a hint move when turned on. I love that old computer! Robert
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