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 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:13 pm
Interesting item, not seen frequently on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/384285103722?h ... Sw~Zlg9es9
A little of history: the Mach IV 2325 is a program made by Dan and Kathe Spracklen (1989) and was declined in 3 series by Fidelity.
- the original version was made in the
Excel Series: the Excel Mach IV appeared the year Fidelity was sold to Mephisto (Hegener & Glazer).
- two years later, Fidelity, as a department of Mephisto, put on the market a new version derived from the
Designer Series. The Designer board 2325 is a version of the Excel Mach IV. Its price was half price of the Excel Mach IV. It was slightly more powerful than its predecessor. Additionally, the Designer Mach IV was coming in a nice black suitcase.
- finally, in the
Elite Avant Garde Series, the EAG Mach IV 2325 Version 6.
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