FIDELITY ELECTRONICS LD. INC was an American company, founded in 1959, bought in March 1970 by Sidney and Myron Samole. From 1976, Fidelity Electronics developed and manufactured dedicated chess computers. On February 21, 1984, FIDELITY ELECTRONICS LD. INC filed its petition for relief under Chapter 7 of Bankruptcy Code and transferred its ownership to FIDELITY COMPUTER PRODUCTS INC. becoming later FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL,INC. Their computers won the first four World Microcomputer Chess Championships: London 1980 (Chess Challenger ), Travemünde 1981 (Fidelity X), Budapest 1983 (Elite A/S), and Glasgow 1984 (Elite). They won 4 consecutive years the United States Open Computer Chess Championships (Mobile, Alabama) in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. Sold in 1989 to Hegener & Glaser. Fidelity disappeared definitely in 1992.
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by CHVL » Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:13 pm
The Fidelity Phantom 6100 is the successor of the Milton Bradley Grand Master: Sys Samole, the CEO of Fidelity bought the mechanism patent from Milton Bradley. Fidelity added a LCD screen.
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To see it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIqEEPEDejY
Specs:
- 1835 ELO
- Program by Dan and Kathe Spracklen
- microprocessor 6502, 8 bits, 5MHz, 8KB RAm, 64KB ROM
- 33 levels of play
- Movements: pressure sensory for the recording and motorized magnet under the board for the movement.
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