mclane wrote:my vocabulary in this field is limited. i would call it induction coil.
Yes, but it's electromagnetic, not electrostatic, or is it? Hmmm...maybe? Still a very old technology.
Now I want to know which it is
Curious Regards,
Terry
Steve B certinly knows,but he will squeeze us for money to tell
actually i dont know the details of Tasc's infringement on the pieces recognition scheme used
but i do know they eventually agreed to stop using it
if you look up the posts on the old CCC i think you will see alot of discussion about this between Steve S and even De Koinig who used to post here in those days
Archives Regards
Steve
So is it electormagnetic or electrostatic?
Looking for a Straight Answer Regards,
Terry
P.S. I remember back in 1990 the guys at ICD didn't know what the Bavaria Board used, and wanted the readers to address the question as they were really stumped!
the Bavaria board works with coils in the pieces and this causes the board to recognize the color and piece type
i imagine this is some from of electromagnetic induction
while the Tasc boards work with a computer chip in the base of the pieces so i dont think magnetism comes into play here
Steve B wrote:there seems to be some confusion here...
the Bavaria board works with coils in the pieces and this causes the board to recognize the color and piece type
i imagine this is some from of electromagnetic induction
while the Tasc boards work with a computer chip in the base of the pieces so i dont think magnetism comes into play here
Potato Chips Regards
Steve
Yes I know how the Bavaria board works, electromagnetic.
The TASC, maybe, maybe not. Or it could be electrostatic or RF....but I'll need to examine it more closely
Lin wrote:Steve, they are business people, not *chess* people. They don't
give a rotund rodent's rear end about chess, it's the bottom line
they look at. If the new owners decide not to include chess in their
inventory, then that leaves Novag and Excalibur, basically. This could
mean, from a collector's viewpoint, selected Saitek machines could
command good prices on ebay in the years ahead, just as some
Fidelity machines do now.
On the other hand, the new owners maybe have an interest in
chess and decide to put the stillborn Turbostar 2600 into production.
yes i know they couldn't care about chess computers now,,but it was those same computers that gave them their start 25 years ago
my gripe is...why prohibit Ruud from making more Resurrection modules if they dont care?
are they concerned that his little corner of the market would interfere in their sales of chess computers?
seems to me they just denied him the right for no other reason then.. they could..
yes there are several computers listed in Wiki that never saw the light of day
this computer was fully developed and all set for distribution just at the moment when Mephisto bought out Fidelity and then Mephisto just scuttled it
Gone With The Wind Regards
Steve
Actually Hegner and Glasser bought out Fidelity Electronics in Sept. 1989.
A few years later they just dropped Fidelity altogether, and Fidelity became (Quantum America), which died shortly thereafter and the Master was suppose to have a Motorola 68040 processor running at 25mgh like their ver. 10.
South of FUBAR Regards,
Terry
no i dont think so Terry
the Master 2400 was never developed with a 68040 processor in it
it was to be a Risc processor...
i discussed this with Nelson several years ago
he was bitterly disappointed that it was dropped by Mephisto but helpless to prevent it
