Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
What model is this dedicated chess device
You'll have to ask Steve: he would tell the difference between the three models two miles away with naked eyes
Looks like the Fidelity Phantom to me Julien
model 6100
might be the Fidelity Eyeball Chesster Phantom( model 6126) but i would need to see the front of the unit where the "eyes" or motion detectors were located
Squinting Regards
Steve
Thanks buddy....
It looks pretty much solid and heavy device....at least that's my impression from the picture....
Dr.D
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
I guessed it was used so often in movies/series because it's a robotized computer: the chess pieces move by themselves.
It could be the MB Phantom but by the early 1990's the Milton Robot would be a very old computer as it was released in the early 1980's
The Fidelity Phantom Robots were released in the late 1980's-early 1990's and would have been much easeir to buy for the shooting of the movie
I guessed it was used so often in movies/series because it's a robotized computer: the chess pieces move by themselves.
Wow,it looks like a piano more than a dedicated chess device
Dr.D
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
I have one too: The famous Novag Robot Adversary can be seen in Rod Stewart's Video "Baby Jane" from 1983 (who would expect a chess computer in a music video? ) and also in the movie "Sneakers" (with Robert Redford, Dan Akroyd and Sidney Poitier)
In the 14th episode of the 5th season of the Outer Limits program (2000), the mad scientist is playing on his PowerBook against a chess program I can't identify (it looks a bit like ChessMaster maybe?):
Is New York Ripper from 1982 mentioned? Probably not! It's very infamous movie see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084719/. One of the leads is playing Chess Challenger and says "you are playing in fixed patterns!". Fortunately we are saved from standard check + mate thing..
sje wrote:A dramatic portrayal of an early chess computer:
I was not quite eleven years old when this episode of Mission Impossible was first broadcast in 1968, yet somehow I remember much of it. Here is the version dubbed in German: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpI8SbbzrSE
Can you identify any of the electronic equipment props, or any of the chess game scores?