dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) (08/13/85)
I'm considering buying a Fidelity Elite A/S Chess Computer, which lists at $450. I'd like to find out what a good price for the Elite A/S is, and where I might purchase it. (About two years ago, I saw an ad in Chess Life for a large mail-order house (located in New York?) with very good prices on many products. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the company. I'm not up to the level of a club player, and I'm looking for a chess computer for casual, recreational use. I find the following Elite A/S features to be particularly interesting: - "AutoSensory" (i.e. moving a piece on the board notifies the computer of the move. "Sensory" boards require that the piece be pressed against the board at the "from" and "to" squares.) - chess clock - wooden board and pieces - rating between 1900 and 2000 I hope that a machine of this quality will play a fairly varied ("human") game, with no obvious idiosyncracies. Any opinions? If you have specific knowledge or suggestions (or want to sell a used Elite?), please respond by mail. Thanks All. -David sdcsvax!telesoft!dar