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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Sargon72
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by Sargon72 » Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:07 am
Hello All,
Once again i did get lucky and did buy very cheap this very rare printer , it was working but i decided to send it to Berger in Spain
He did again a great job
See his work here
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1yEP3DVEVNn2rY5u6
Can,t wait to receive it and put it on the Fid. Elite Champion Travemunde ,both are rare so it is a good match i think
Kr,Hans
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