Collector's Corner...On The Fidelity Playmatic S

Post by **Steve B** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:31 am

Hi Larry
i appreciate your following up on this
is it possible to post a larger photo of the inside of the Champion?
i tried saving the photo and them zooming in but things get too blurry
also ..the two speaker leads/wires from the speaker connect to what chips exactly ?
if they lead to simple "push fits" i might try opening one of the computers and just focusing in on just those two wires/leads
if they lead to soldered in chips i will pass

Appreciative Regards
Steve

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:02 pm

Steve B wrote:Hi Larry
i appreciate your following up on this
is it possible to post a larger photo of the inside of the Champion?
i tried saving the photo and them zooming in but things get too blurry
also ..the two speaker leads/wires from the speaker connect to what chips exactly ?
if they lead to simple "push fits" i might try opening one of the computers and just focusing in on just those two wires/leads
if they lead to soldered in chips i will pass

Appreciative Regards
Steve

Ok, here's the mainboard in all it's glory:

This gives us some idea why the early chess comps were so expensive.
A *lot* more circuitry. If you take the back off an Atlanta you will want
some of your money back... there's hardly anything to see. By comparison
this mainboard looks like an aerial photo of a major army barracks.
Good news on the speaker leads... they don't connect to any chip, but
a simply soldered directly into the mainboard. You would quickly see
which soldered joints have to be melted... two on the mainboard and the
two on the speaker. However, you would have to set aside a couple of
hours, and be ready to be frustrated at the intricacy of the innards. The
display has to be disconnected which includes undoing four nuts. It's
doable but if you did not get a good result on the first machine you'd be
in no mood for trying another one.
As a side note, I've got a CC3 which an earlier owner had pulled the
back off. It's circuitry lines are all in silver. Here it is:

With today's precious metal prices they could'nt make them like this.
regards...
Larry

Post by **Steve B** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:54 pm

Thanks Again Larry

All Silver circuitry in the CC3 you say??

why that makes all CC1's and CC3's Worth alot of money
in fact there is a nice CC3 on Ebay right now which normally i wouldn't even look twice at as i already have it
pays to buy this baby...tear it apart ..and melt the silver down for resale

Black-Smith Regards
Steve

SareB · Post by **SareB** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:45 am

Hi, Larry

Do you know where i can find these all circuits and it will be connected?

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:09 pm

SareB wrote:Hi, Larry

Do you know where i can find these all circuits and it will be connected?

Sorry, Sara, you know as much as I do....

nice day...
Larry