Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 12:07:30 08/25/99
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On August 25, 1999 at 13:36:07, Mark Young wrote: >On August 25, 1999 at 13:15:14, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On August 25, 1999 at 12:53:31, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On August 25, 1999 at 09:22:37, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>> >>>>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 >>>> >>>>The body is willing but the mind is going... >>>>You are absolutely correct. We were sued only once by >>>>Fidelity and it was over the Excellence not the Sensory 9. >>>> >>>>At the time, it was the most important event in my life. >>>>I could not have made that mistake if my life depended >>>>upon it, but 8 years have passed and Sensory 9s blend >>>>in with with Excellences. However, I believe that they >>>>were VERY closely related, and the Excelence claim to >>>>fame was that it was selling for under $100 whereas >>>>the older 9 was closer to $200. The Excellence was >>>>a GREAT deal. It just wasn't "Over 2000" as Fidelity >>>>wanted everyone to believe. >>>> >>>>Fidelity used my article (if you wish to reprint >>>>it here, please do so) as their "proof" that I was >>>>trying to hurt Excellence sales because I suspected >>>>some attempt by Fidelity and the U.S. Chess Federation >>>>to push ICD out of the chess business so the Federation >>>>could have it all to themselves. Paranoia? I don't think >>>>so. >>> >>>The U.S. Chess Federation trying to run you out of business so they can control >>>all chess sales? I'm sure that never crossed their minds..... Ethics and fair >>>play have always been trademarks of the USCF internal structure. As it is >>>today... I better stop its getting pretty deep in here.:) >>> >>>> >>>>- Steve (ICD/Your Move) >> >>Well, Fidelity is gone, and ICD is not, so I guess Steve gets the last laugh. >>This does leave me with a "2265" tabletop that I can't get fixed, but oh well. >>Crafty would club it over the head anyway. :-) >> >>Dave > >Mine is still going strong, my black queen and knight are a bit chewed on from >the dog back some years ago, but other then that its 100%. > >Did you ever buy the plastic sensor board version of the 2265. I had three >shipped to me and not one worked...That unit was a P.O.S. so I got the >autosensor board... Not sure exactly what you mean... because mine didn't sense anything! I had to push down on the source and destination squares so that the machine would know what move I wanted to make. Dave
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