Fidelity Phantom 6124...

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 Phantom 6124...

Unread post by CHVL » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:48 pm

Rare computer...
Historically, a bad seller. Blocked between the Phantom 6100 and the Eyeball 6126, it was not finding its place with the buyers.
However, it has some particularities not in the 6100 nor in the 6126.
Look by yourself:
1) Phantom 6100
http://chesseval.com/Robots/Fidelity6100.htm
2) Phantom 6126
http://chesseval.com/Robots/Fidelity6126.htm
3) Phantom 6124
http://chesseval.com/Robots/Fidelity6124.htm

kr,
Maurice

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