It was a Spracklen program and initially was to have the guts of the version 10?!Steve B wrote:no i dont think so TerryTerry McCracken wrote:Actually Hegner and Glasser bought out Fidelity Electronics in Sept. 1989.Steve B wrote:yes i know they couldn't care about chess computers now,,but it was those same computers that gave them their start 25 years agoLin 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.
http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... ostar_2600
hopeful regards
Larry
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
my favorite:
http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... aster_2400
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
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
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
Factoid Regards
Steve
This is wacked. If it was going to be handled this way it shouldn't see the light of day!
Oh Well...Regards,
Terry
