Fidelity EAS...

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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Fidelity EAS...

Unread post by CHVL » Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:33 am

The Elite Auto Sensory (EAS) exists in several versions software and hardware.
For the software, there were Pre-Budapest, Budapest, and Glasgow.
For the hardware, change with EAS, EAS-C, EWC... German models, US models...
It exists also the EAS modified by Fidelity itself at the demand of their customers: EAS updated with Mach 2265.
It would be interesting to see all these different models and to compare them.
kr,
Maurice

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Re: Fidelity EAS...

Unread post by CHVL » Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:29 am

Finally the most precious of the EAS are always with troubled history:
- the pre-budapest: this it'd program didn't survive the Budapest crown. It disappeared very fast. Prebudapest are very rare.
- the EAS modified in EAG (Elite Avant-Garde) by Fidelity at the demand of their customers. Exceptional models.
Budapest were appearing rarely on eBay. Presently, they are no more appearing or very rarely. However, more exceptionally, you could see an EAS board equipped with the EAG program ( I saw one and didn't resist to take it). Both models deserve a lot of attention they are not only rare (pre-Budapest), but also powerful (EAG model).
Kind regards,

Maurice

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