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.
The Fidelity Chesster Phantom 6124 is the speaking brother of the Phantom 6100.
It is a very rare computer for a dubious reason: blocked between the Phantom 6100 and the EyeBall 6126, its price was $80 more than the 6100 and 20 Dollars less than the EyeBall.
Obviously, few people took the option to buy it.
Honestly, I prefer the EyeBall, but as a collector, I enjoyed finding it.
To see it in action:
Specs:
- 1991
- ELO: 1835
- Microcessor 6502, 5 MHz
- Programmer: Dan and Kathe Spracklen
- RAM 8KB
- ROM 32 KB
- 25 levels of play
- 16,000 ply
- Pressure sensory board with robotic magnetic mechanism under the board
- LCD display