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 Oct 11, 2021 4:37 pm
The Poppy... A computer for beginners and children in priority.
Essentially, it is a chess Challenger 8.
The computer is not modified.
The enclosure is very carefully designed and perfectly executed.
The previous owner is still involved in the manufacturing and distribution of Chess Computers.
Specs:
- programmer: Ron Nelson
- Elo: 1300
- processor: Z80@4 MHz
- ROM: 0.5 KB
- RAM: 4 KB
- levels: 8
Right Side
Top closure with power plug and pieces inside
Left Side
Bottom
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