Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site telesoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!telesoft!dar From: dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) Newsgroups: net.chess Subject: Good Deals on a Chess Computer? Message-ID: <172@telesoft.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 05:46:23 EDT Article-I.D.: telesoft.172 Posted: Tue Aug 13 05:46:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 04:48:58 EDT Distribution: na Organization: TeleSoft, SanDiego CA Lines: 27 I'm considering buying a Fidelity Elite A/S Chess Computer, which lists at $450. I'd like to find out what a good price for the Elite A/S is, and where I might purchase it. (About two years ago, I saw an ad in Chess Life for a large mail-order house (located in New York?) with very good prices on many products. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the company. I'm not up to the level of a club player, and I'm looking for a chess computer for casual, recreational use. I find the following Elite A/S features to be particularly interesting: - "AutoSensory" (i.e. moving a piece on the board notifies the computer of the move. "Sensory" boards require that the piece be pressed against the board at the "from" and "to" squares.) - chess clock - wooden board and pieces - rating between 1900 and 2000 I hope that a machine of this quality will play a fairly varied ("human") game, with no obvious idiosyncracies. Any opinions? If you have specific knowledge or suggestions (or want to sell a used Elite?), please respond by mail. Thanks All. -David sdcsvax!telesoft!dar