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Larry
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 Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:58 am Post subject: Difference between Fidelity Excel Mach3 versions... |
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On this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150353324772&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching
a prospective buyer asked what version it is, and got his answer. I never
knew there were two versions to this machine. I checked mine,and mine is
the opposite version to the one on sale.
This is a long shot, but does anyone here know what the differences are
between the versions? I understand it would be something quite minor, but
which version came first?
curious regards
Larry
PS The versions are F806 and DB53... I have the latter. You tell by pressing
'Options', then 'New Game'.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: |
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the difference was minor
IIRC..the first production run of the Excel Mach III's had a slight problem with its mate search function ..i believe this bug only appeared on the mate search levels and not in normal play
i seem to also recall this bug did not appear in the Designer Mach III or the EAG v2(all with the same program)
i have no clue which version number came first
here is a Wiki Entry(German) about the different version numbers but i have no clue what it says
trying to translate it using an online translator results in an indecipherable gibberish...
Es existieren zwei Programmversionen, welche durch Druck der Taste Options und Festhalten der Taste New Game angezeigt werden. Danach leuchten alle Felddioden auf und im Display wird entweder F806 oder DB53 angezeigt, wobei es sich bei DB53 um die neuere Version handelt. In der ersten Version war die Mattsuchstufe fehlerhaft, weitere Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Versionen sind schwierig zu überprüfen, da die meisten Besitzer von Geräten mit der Version F806 die (kostenlose!!) Möglichkeit einer Umrüstung auf die neuere Version wahrgenommen haben und die ältere Version nur noch selten anzutreffen ist.
Squinting Regards
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Alain
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Hi Larry,
this is very interesting because I own two Mach III which do not look exactly the same but I had never been able to read anything about different versions of the Mach III.
One has silver letters and the other has gold ones :
And I have never found any playing difference between them 
I'll try the version test tonight and post the results here.
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Alain
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Alain wrote: | I'll try the version test tonight and post the results here.
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both are DB53 units... may be the "silver" one which looks older has been upgraded as mentioned in the German citations from Steve ?
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Steve B
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Alain wrote: | | Alain wrote: | I'll try the version test tonight and post the results here.
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both are DB53 units... may be the "silver" one which looks older has been upgraded as mentioned in the German citations from Steve ?
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so now we have perhaps 4 versions???
DB53 GOLD
DB53 SILVER
F806 GOLD
F806 SILVER
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Larry
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Alain wrote: |
both are DB53 units... may be the "silver" one which looks older has been upgraded as mentioned in the German citations from Steve ?
Best regards,
Alain |
I think you will find the opposite. The mint
one in the auction ending soon is an earlier F806, and is gold. Mine is a
later, silver one. I was bidding on the current one, but would have to
mortgage my house 
The rare Excel Mach4 is red, so I believe. There may not be a single example
of the Mach4 in Australia, as we virtually had just the one distributor back
then and he has never seen one.
regards
Larry
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i tested all of the Excel Machs..
Mach III-F806
the Mach I,II(LA) and Mach IV..
on each model ..all of the LEDS light up when pressing Options-New game ..but there is no version number displayed
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Alain
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:39 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
| Larry wrote: | I think you will find the opposite. The mint
one in the auction ending soon is an earlier F806, and is gold. Mine is a
later, silver one. I was bidding on the current one, but would have to
mortgage my house
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you are probably right, I based my impression of the relative condition of both machines and on the fact that I bought the Golden one in France where the upgrade seemed more unlikely but this was just an impression.
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