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 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:27 pm
This computer is exceptional: it is an EAS updated in 6114 model by Fidelity.
Usually, the 6114 model was released as an Elite Avant-Garde et NOT as an EAS.
The SNs of this particular computer are interesting:
- different items: the first label is the one of the original computer and the second one is the one of the update made by Fidelity
- different Fidelity address in Miami on the 2 labels
- different periods: the dates according to the serial numbers are interesting: 1983 (original EAS), 1989 (upgrade).
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