Well, how about that - the article does say bits! Good catch sc9!sc9 wrote:I noticed the number of bits on the outside of the box, but in the owner's manual it had bytes.
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Welcome to the forum, SC9! You are absolutely correct about the bits versus bytes measurement. I’d grown so accustomed to seeing memory expressed in terms of bytes over the years that I totally overlooked this.sc9 wrote:Hi, New member here! I've been monitoring this forum for a while and figured it is time to join. To answer this question of bits versus bytes, both values are correct. This is because 1 byte is equal to 8 bits. So Fidelity multiplied bytes by 8 probably because advertising a larger number appears to be more impressive. I noticed the number of bits on the outside of the box, but in the owner's manual it had bytes.Cyberchess wrote:Hmmm... makes ya wonder if Fidelity pulled the ol’ switch-a-roo again… Like the time they rented the state-of-the-art Motorola chip to compete in the 1980 Microcomputer Championship...fourthirty wrote:Thanks guys. I am enjoying the unit.
Interesting article John.
The author states "Memory capacity is 256,000 bits of read only memory, 128,000 devoted to book openings and 128,000 devoted to the chess program. There are 64,000 bits of random access memory."
The Par's manual (and Spacious Mind) report 32K or ROM and 8K of RAM.
Winning isn't everything... it is the only thing regards,
John
By the way, one of my chess playing friends purchased the Fidelity SC9 back in ’82.
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John