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Mine was the CXG SPHINX CHESS CARD , I think 1990.
Never really used it but funny, ten years after I pulled it from a drawer and it was still working! - on the same battery.

Well, easily the weakest dedicated chess computer in my opinon has to be Novag's Disney Magic Castle. It is probably even worse than Novag's Delta 1. Regards Hello Nick, Old post I know. Even the delta 1 beats me. Can you explain what button to the left of the 'new game' is for ( as I can not find ...

I suppose my next brilliant idea of inviting humans online to play against these old beasts has been done too? Regards Hi Dubliner, It is a brilliant idea, but you are right not to be the first to think of it ;-). Even more, there are live (physical) user tournaments, where old chesscomputerlovers ...

[quote/] Welcome home, dubliner!!!! BUT if you a are a Dublin citizen, I am afraid you will not find here the booze you use to have over there. Just dusty old men talking of comps. Fern[/quote] Thanks but I'm dozy enough without booze, that and being an old man with the attention span of a modern te...

[quote/] Welcome Dubliner! You are among like minded collectors here. All suffering from the same chess computer collecting illness. Before you know it 12 will become 15 and ... 12 step program regards, Dave[/quote] Thanks Dave for the welcome. I even started pitting them against each other thinking...

I just counted how many comps I have and they are just 22. I wonder if that is enough to become a collector Which is the minimal number to be member of this select community? In anguish regards Fern (long time lurker & my first post). Having moved home recently I knew I had a few and just this ...