Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 11:05:08 08/25/99
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On August 25, 1999 at 01:29:49, Robert C. Maddox wrote: >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 Hi robert, I also have a 9, but it is long been broken. I really miss it particularly because it was the last program I could beat with any consistantcy :,)) TP
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