How Many of You Still Play -even not much- a dedicated unit?

[fern]

If you have one hidden in a closet,. I advice you to take it out, undust it and play it if still works; the pleasures that they gives cannot be supplied by engines. It is not only the pleasant fact you have chances to win, but the experience in itself.
A screen will always be only a screen even if you try to cover the fact with a real board at the side of the computer.

Losing miserably my time regards
Fern

[JuLieN]

If you have one hidden in a closet,. I advice you to take it out, undust it and play it if still works; the pleasures that they gives cannot be supplied by engines. It is not only the pleasant fact you have chances to win, but the experience in itself.
A screen will always be only a screen even if you try to cover the fact with a real board at the side of the computer.

Losing miserably my time regards
Fern

I do! Also I take the sadistic pleasure to see my chess engine crush them. Although some strong dedicated units still resist it... which is a great embarrassment, considering the horse power my computer has, and is a big source of motivation to keep improving it.

[AdminX]

Rarely I play the Novag Citrine.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Rarely I play the Novag Citrine.

Strange Ted....it's a fine piece of gig
Dr.D

[AdminX]

Rarely I play the Novag Citrine.

Strange Ted....it's a fine piece of gig
Dr.D

Sadly Doc, I wish I still owned a Novag Sapphire. It was my most favorite of all. I could take it with me anywhere.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

If you have one hidden in a closet,. I advice you to take it out, undust it and play it if still works; the pleasures that they gives cannot be supplied by engines. It is not only the pleasant fact you have chances to win, but the experience in itself.
A screen will always be only a screen even if you try to cover the fact with a real board at the side of the computer.

Losing miserably my time regards
Fern

Fern,I deeply admire your point of view related to the topic....

As for myself I have a different philosophy:
I am an eng-eng tester and a rating list builder as many computer chess freaks do nowadays with one big exception:
I play hundreds & hundreds of chess engines and their updated versions in my running tournaments and include myself in the my private rating list....this means that I play seroius chess games with big concentration producing a beautiful chess games which I collect in a separate database,I improve my opening theory and watch myself going up and down in my rating list....that's what charges me through the last 10 years or so
You can call me a freak but a happy freak I am regards,
Dr.D

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Rarely I play the Novag Citrine.

Strange Ted....it's a fine piece of gig
Dr.D

Sadly Doc, I wish I still owned a Novag Sapphire. It was my most favorite of all. I could take it with me anywhere.

So what happened Ted
Don't tell me it passed away

[AdminX]

Rarely I play the Novag Citrine.

Strange Ted....it's a fine piece of gig
Dr.D

Sadly Doc, I wish I still owned a Novag Sapphire. It was my most favorite of all. I could take it with me anywhere.

So what happened Ted
Don't tell me it passed away

Aha, at last it went the way of the Dodo

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Rarely I play the Novag Citrine.

Strange Ted....it's a fine piece of gig
Dr.D

Sadly Doc, I wish I still owned a Novag Sapphire. It was my most favorite of all. I could take it with me anywhere.

So what happened Ted
Don't tell me it passed away

Aha, at last it went the way of the Dodo

Sad but true....
Metallica sends their regards,
Dr.D

[Kempelen]

If you have one hidden in a closet,. I advice you to take it out, undust it and play it if still works; the pleasures that they gives cannot be supplied by engines. It is not only the pleasant fact you have chances to win, but the experience in itself.
A screen will always be only a screen even if you try to cover the fact with a real board at the side of the computer.

Losing miserably my time regards
Fern

Fern,I deeply admire your point of view related to the topic....

As for myself I have a different philosophy:
I am an eng-eng tester and a rating list builder as many computer chess freaks do nowadays with one big exception:
I play hundreds & hundreds of chess engines and their updated versions in my running tournaments and include myself in the my private rating list....this means that I play seroius chess games with big concentration producing a beautiful chess games which I collect in a separate database,I improve my opening theory and watch myself going up and down in my rating list....that's what charges me through the last 10 years or so
You can call me a freak but a happy freak I am regards,
Dr.D

I also did this with chessmaster personalities in my stundent years.

Now I have a novag citrine that I rarely use and a DGT which I often use to play online slow games, and sometimes against my engine.