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 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:48 pm
The Fidelity Elegance was another great computer. It was more elegant than the Sensory 12.
Two model numbers for the Elegance:
- 1984 - AS12 - 3 MHz -
- 1986 - 6085 - 3.6 MHz - corresponding to the SC12B. As a reminder, the Sensory 12B was the 6086 Model.
For the 2 Elegance models:
- programmers: Dan et Kate Spracklen;
- ROM: 24KB;
- RAM: 4KB;
- 3000 ply;
- Optional cartridges: CB9, CB16, CG64, EOx
- 37 x 37 x 5 cm
- 64 leds
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by CHVL » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:41 pm
Like the Fidelity Elite A/S, the Elegance has a 6502 processor.
Their Elo is comparable: 1832 for the EAS versus 1802 for the Elegance.
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