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 Oct 28, 2021 8:41 pm
The Grand Master Voice is the precursor of the Decorator: it was released in 1980.
Differences between the 2 boards:
- the Grand Master Voice has a keyboard and display recovered by a wooden plaque in the tone of the rest of the board while the Decorator has the metallic aspect of the keyboard/display of the Chess Challenger Voice.
- the Grand Master Voice has not the 4 carved legs of the Decorator.
- the Grand Master Voice is lighter than the Decorator: the frame of the Decorator is more massive. Conversely, the board of the Grand Master Voice is full wood when the one of the Decorator is more style wooden.
Similarities:
- both have 2 drawers for the Chessmen.
- both have a cable with 2 prongs to connect to the classical adapter Fidelity 8.5 VAC, 1.5 A.
- both are equipped with a full Fidelity Chess Challenger Voice Advanced. However, the Decorator has 12 KB of ROM (8 KB in the Chess Challenger Voice Advanced).
- the chessmen of the Decorator and Grand Master Voice are classical Staunton made in France.
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