Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 14:17:58 11/03/99
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On November 03, 1999 at 15:46:45, eric guttenberg wrote: >I was browsing through a second-hand store today and came across an old >Fidelity Challenger chess computer. By the looks of it, perhaps 20 years >old. All the pieces were there, it was functional, came complete with an >adaptor and the price was only 3 dollars. I couldn't resist. Nostalgia, >I guess, as I had one similar to that many years ago and have always >regretted giving it away. > >Since there is no manual, I don't have much information about it though. > >I wonder if anyone can tell me anything about it--vintage, features, >estimated playing strength etc? It is a 9 inch by 9 inch plastic housing >with an 8 by 8 board. The squares have LED's, as do 8 keys which run >vertically in a row along the right side of the board. The keys consist >of the symbols for each of the pieces plus one that reads CLR and one that >reads ENT. The pieces are wooden and magnetized and the squares and keys >all are activated by pressure. There is no display window of any kind. >The housing is labeled FIDELITY ELECTRONICS and CHESS CHALLENGER but >no series number appears. >Any clues? >eric Eric, Is the machine, more or less, square? What are the colors of the squares? Is there any wood at all on the machine? Does it have a display? Is there a lip at the top of the machine or is it totally flat? With these answers, we could probably make an educated guess. - Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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