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Subject: Re: Wanted: Fidelity Phantom

Author: Mike S.

Date: 08:31:27 01/16/00

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On January 16, 2000 at 06:44:58, Lin Harper wrote:
>      (...) While we're on the subject of auto playing dedicateds, do
>      you remember one by Scysis (I think), that had a little crane
>      on top of it that moved the pieces? Quite cute, it was!

Yes, I remember exactly which model you think of. It was the NOVAG Robot (not
from Scisys/Saitek). It came on the market parallel to the NOVAG Savant. Both
were "early" chess computers, around 1981 I think, but the design was excellent.
They could have appeared in Space Odyssey 2001. The Robot had this crane, and
the Savant had a little touch sensitive LCD Board.

I would want the Robot to be reissued with some RS/6000 and Deep Blue chips for
US-$ 99,--.

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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