mms1646@acf4.UUCP (06/11/85)
Does anyone out there know of any decent electronic chess games (not programs for general purpose computers, but hardware dedicated to chess) for under $100 (or $100-$200 if not)? I want to get one for my dad for Father's Day (and so he'll stop monopolizing the PC). Thanks in advance, Mike Sykora
stark@sbcs.UUCP (Eugene Stark) (06/11/85)
> Does anyone out there know of any decent electronic chess games (not > programs for general purpose computers, but hardware dedicated to chess) > for under $100 (or $100-$200 if not)? I want to get one for my dad > for Father's Day (and so he'll stop monopolizing the PC). > > Thanks in advance, > Mike Sykora I haven't been able to find a satisfactory electronic chess game (i.e. not a toy) for under $100. You can get a reasonable one for around $170. I think the best buy these days is the Novag Constellation. Also in the running are some of the Fidelity machines. I have a "Sensory Chess Challenger 9," but there are better, more recent models. Try to get a hold of a recent issue of "Chess Life" and view the advertisements there. At least twice in the past couple of years they have had articles comparing the various models. There is a mail-order firm called "Institutional Computer Development (ICD)" based on Long Island, New York, that claims to have a big stock, fast delivery, great prices, etc., although I have never dealt with them personally. It's getting a little late for mail order if you want the machine by Father's Day. Probably the only chess computers you are likely to pick up in a department store are some of the weaker Fidelity models. Gene Stark