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As per usual my vacation was far too short and now it's back work :( , but the sad smiley is easily replaced with a :D as soon as I start thinking about Novag Citrine that I am eagerly looking forward to receiving thanks to Hiarcs, Countrywide Computers, Harvey Williamson, Mark Uniacke and of course Steve :D.

But even while I was in Brazil on vacation, I could not resist picking up a couple of items:

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and these chess pieces which according to the person I bought them from were locally hand made in Sao Paulo. They are the biggest magnetic chess pieces that I have ever seen and the magnets are super powerful. So I could not resist buying them. To try to give you an appreciation of the size here they are on a Muenchen board and they are super responsive.

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And here is a closeup:
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Welcome back Nick

nice acquisition while you were away

i am disappointed though that you did not pick up the only chess computer that was ever made in Brazil

the Infamous and Notorious..Splice Byte XD300

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Steve B wrote:Welcome back Nick

nice acquisition while you were away

i am disappointed though that you did not pick up the only chess computer that was ever made in Brazil

the Infamous and Notorious..Splice Byte XD300

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Yes Steve, I asked around but could not find anyone who had heard of it. But I will keep trying on my future trips.

Going to Samba off to bed now... regards
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that will be a very hard job to find a Splice Byte XD300! For sure it is easyer to find a Brazil girl playing against a chess computer!

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Welcome back Nick !

next time, come to France : there are also very rare computers to hunt here (but may be impossible mission) : CLJ La Regence, L'empereur

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Alain wrote:Welcome back Nick !

next time, come to France : there are also very rare computers to hunt here (but may be impossible mission) : CLJ La Regence, L'empereur

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Which one is this?

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Hi José,
Jose wrote:Which one is this?
here is a link in Steve's album :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N ... 923814103/

and here is a French ad from 1983 :
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And I think that there was a second computer names "L'Empereur" but let's wait for Steve to give us more details.

The bad story is that I find last year the email of a previous marketing director of CLJ... but he never answered my email :?

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Alain wrote:Hi José,
Jose wrote:Which one is this?
here is a link in Steve's album :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N ... 923814103/

and here is a French ad from 1983 :
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And I think that there was a second computer names "L'Empereur" but let's wait for Steve to give us more details.

The bad story is that I find last year the email of a previous marketing director of CLJ... but he never answered my email :?

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Hi Alain,
thanks for that intersting thread! Who is the only owner of that rare unit? Steve, you?
I never heard from that wooden chess computer made in France?
I will wait for more details if steve wake up at 13:00 a clock :mrgreen:

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Jose wrote:

thanks for that intersting thread! Who is the only owner of that rare unit? Steve, you?
I never heard from that wooden chess computer made in France?
I will wait for more details if steve wake up at 13:00 a clock :mrgreen:

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hi Jose
it makes me very sad that all this time the TSBIV La Regence is in my photos and i see you never once looked into it..there are 10 photos of this computer in the Applied Concepts album
:(

this only shows me that no one is looking in my collection
i think i will delete all 1300 photos at once


i will make a post about the La Regence this weekend

i used to also have the Le Emperour but sadly i was forced to trade it away.. against my will

i still have some photos of it and i will post those as well

as far as i know i am the only known owner of the TSBIV and the collector i gave the Le Emperour to(under duress) is the only known owner of that computer

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Steve B wrote: hi Jose
it makes me very sad that all this time the TSBIV La Regence is in my photos and i see you never once looked into it..there are 10 photos of this computer in the Applied Concepts album
:(
don´t worry, always be happy! :D
For sure i looked ALL your computers, but you have so much - i forgot some from time to time. :cry: And some of them i never saw before, so to recognize - it´s difficult for my small empty brain.
Steve B wrote: this only shows me that no one is looking in my collection
i think i will delete all 1300 photos at once
I am sure you would not do this - but if, i will visit you :evil: .
Steve B wrote: i will make a post about the La Regence this weekend
oh yes in simple, normal English please! :wink: Thanks
Steve B wrote: i used to also have the Le Emperour but sadly i was forced to trade it away.. against my will
Hmm, i am not sure you speak the true? :wink: Against your will? No, No
Steve B wrote: i still have some photos of it and i will post those as well
Please!
Steve B wrote: as far as i know i am the only known owner of the TSBIV and the collector i gave the Le Emperour to(under duress) is the only known owner of that computer
That reason i would really want know. You ever told me - do not trade rare units! :evil: :wink:
It makes ME very sad... :D

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And here Jose is another photo that i am sure you have not looked at either

:wink:


from the Printed Materials Album..

a rare photo of the TSBIV competing against the even rarer Omikron Bogol 5.0

the Bogol was the only chess computer ever sold with the squares reversed by mistake
the lower right hand corner has a dark square instead of a white square

the Bogol is in the bottom of the photo and the TSBIV is at the top

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Steve B wrote:And here Jose is another photo that i am sure you have not looked at either

:wink:


from the Printed Materials Album..

a rare photo of the TSBIV competing against the even rarer Omikron Bogol 5.0

the Bogol was the only chess computer ever sold with the squares reversed by mistake
the lower right hand corner has a dark square instead of a white square

the Bogol is in the bottom of the photo and the TSBIV is at the top

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Three Rarest Computers Ever Released For Sale Regards
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Yes Steve, you are right! :D
but the quality of the photo is not really good, so the computers looks like a normal woodboard :wink:

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Jose wrote:
Steve B wrote:And here Jose is another photo that i am sure you have not looked at either

:wink:


from the Printed Materials Album..

a rare photo of the TSBIV competing against the even rarer Omikron Bogol 5.0

the Bogol was the only chess computer ever sold with the squares reversed by mistake
the lower right hand corner has a dark square instead of a white square

the Bogol is in the bottom of the photo and the TSBIV is at the top

Image


Three Rarest Computers Ever Released For Sale Regards
Steve
Yes Steve, you are right! :D
but the quality of the photo is not really good, so the computers looks like a normal woodboard :wink:

Go on Regards
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if you look at the bottom computer you can see the board has a white square on the wrong side
look at the position of the pieces


but its true...the photo is not very good
the time i took this photo was back in 1982 and in those days cameras were not very good
:P

here is an even better photo of the Bogol 5.0

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PS.and two games ..Bogol 5.0 against the Novag Savant(which can be downloaded for better viewing):
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Yes i see the wrong positions of the squares?! It´s like the great mistake from Ron! :roll:
I never heard from Bogol 5.0, also not from V1.0 to 4.0 :wink:

The second photo you post of the Bogol i can only see the wrong squares and a cable and a board! But you can not see that it is a chess COMPUTER!!??

Beut very, very intersting! You shot this photos?

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Jose wrote:
Beut very, very intersting! You shot this photos?

Bogol Regards José
no i was too young to operate a camera in 1982
not even 3 years old
:roll:

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