Fidelity Miami?

paulwise3 · Post by **paulwise3** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:11 pm

Hi all,

Hein Veldhuis asked me to post a question here. He has scanned a lot of Fidelity advertising brochures, see http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/
He found that some models in those brochures were never sold.
But he is in doubt about the Fidelity Miami, see page 6 in http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veld ... 201992.pdf

Is there anyone who owns or has ever seen this Fidelity Miami?

Missing Sherlock Holmes regards,
Paul

Post by **Steve B** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:14 pm

paulwise3 wrote:Hi all,

Hein Veldhuis asked me to post a question here. He has scanned a lot of Fidelity advertising brochures, see http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/
He found that some models in those brochures were never sold.
But he is in doubt about the Fidelity Miami, see page 6 in http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veld ... 201992.pdf

Is there anyone who owns or has ever seen this Fidelity Miami?

Missing Sherlock Holmes regards,
Paul

I have never seen a Miami from Fidelity
that brochure has a couple of other computer's that were never released for sale
the Master 2400 model number 6130 ..and the..
Challenger 2300 model number 6133

Phantoms Regards
Steve

paulwise3 · Post by **paulwise3** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:37 pm

Hi Steve,

Thanx for your quick reply.
Well, if you have never seen it, the chance becomes very small that anyone else has seen it...

Advertising empty bubbles regards,
Paul

Post by **Fernando** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:01 pm

paulwise3 wrote:Hi Steve,

Thanx for your quick reply.
Well, if you have never seen it, the chance becomes very small that anyone else has seen it...

Advertising empty bubbles regards,
Paul

I wonder if also the Fidelity Super 8 Express was also a flop...

paulwise3 · Post by **paulwise3** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:20 pm

Fernando wrote:
paulwise3 wrote:Hi Steve,

Thanx for your quick reply.
Well, if you have never seen it, the chance becomes very small that anyone else has seen it...

Advertising empty bubbles regards,
Paul

I wonder if also the Fidelity Super 8 Express was also a flop...

The Excalibur Fernando 0.8 MHz also never made it...

Post by **Fernando** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:45 pm

paulwise3 wrote:
Fernando wrote:
paulwise3 wrote:Hi Steve,

Thanx for your quick reply.
Well, if you have never seen it, the chance becomes very small that anyone else has seen it...

Advertising empty bubbles regards,
Paul

I wonder if also the Fidelity Super 8 Express was also a flop...
The Excalibur Fernando 0.8 MHz also never made it...

No, but the Super Grand master Villegas 0.000001 was almost in the market

Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:52 pm

The vapourware Fidelity Miami gets a mention in this Computer Chess Reports Page 4 -

http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer ... 991-92.pdf

Programmer Eric Van Riet Paap?
Housing very similar to a CXG Sphinx Legend according to the Fidelity brochure picture.

Fidelity were winding down at the time (see the following Computer Chess Reports) and CXG had just gone bust.

paulwise3 · Post by **paulwise3** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:46 am

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the pdf. Indeed very similar to the Legend/Concerto!
But still not clear if it really was released.

Regards, Paul

ricard60 · Post by **ricard60** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:04 am

Steve B wrote:
paulwise3 wrote:Hi all,

Hein Veldhuis asked me to post a question here. He has scanned a lot of Fidelity advertising brochures, see http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/
He found that some models in those brochures were never sold.
But he is in doubt about the Fidelity Miami, see page 6 in http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veld ... 201992.pdf

Is there anyone who owns or has ever seen this Fidelity Miami?

Missing Sherlock Holmes regards,
Paul
I have never seen a Miami from Fidelity
that brochure has a couple of other computer's that were never released for sale
the Master 2400 model number 6130 ..and the..
Challenger 2300 model number 6133

Phantoms Regards
Steve

But at least one of the master 2400 and one of the challenger 2300 was made for the photos. Do not think these photos were a fake. I wonder who has them.

Looking for the prototypes regards
Ricardo

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:54 am

paulwise3 wrote: Is there anyone who owns or has ever seen this Fidelity Miami?

Just for the record, here's a list of clones.
The Fidelity Miami is at #23. So you can play it by playing CXG Legend.

Part 1:
1. Agathe = Opal II
2. Agathe Plus = Opal Plus
3. Aquamarine Premier = Amethyst
4. Aquamarine Premier Plus = Amethyst Plus = Jasper = Beryl Plus
5. Aria = Atlas = Kasparov Atlas = Avalon = Aurora = Alchemist = Aragon =
MeXs = Saitek 4 in 1
6. Astral = Turbo 16K
7. Avenger = Legend III
8. Berlin 68000 = Lyon 68000
9. Berlin Pro = Lyon 32 bits
10. Boris = Boris Diplomat
11. Calculator Chess = Schachcomputer 64
12. Cavalier = Chess Companion III 8 MHz, Conquistador 12 MHz
13. Cavalier = Team Mate = Conquistador
14. CC sensory 9 = Playmatic S Playmatic
15. Centurion 10MHz = Kasparov Cosmos = Mystery 12MHz = Cougar 16MHz
16. Chess Companion III =Turbo 16K
17. Corona = Stratos
18. Cosmic = Touch Sreen Travel Chess
19. CXG Advanced Starchess Plus = Sphinx Supra
20. CXG Chess 3000 = Super Enterprise
21. CXG Computachess III CXG 008 = Enterprise
22. CXG Enterprise S = CXG Star Chess
23. CXG Legend = Fidelity Miami
24. Diablo = Scorpio
25. Diamond II = Sapphire II
26. Elite Avantgarde 2265 = Excel Mach III = Designer 2265
27. Elite Premiere = Elite 2265 + Vancouver
28. Emerald Classic Plus = Amber = Turquoise = Karpov 2294
29. Enterprise S CXG 208 = Star Chess CXG 209
30. Excalibur Grandmaster = Igor = Excalibur Mirage
31. Executive = Mythos
32. Fidelity Tiny Chess =Mephisto Mini
33. GK 2000 = Kasparov Team Mate Advanced Trainer= Kasparov Travel
Champion = Turbo Advanced Trainer
34. GK 2100 = Centurion = Präsident = MM VI
35. Intelligent Chess - Super System III
36. Ivan the Terrible = Igor
37. Jasper = Jasper Club = Amethyst Plus = Tourmaline Plus = Granite =
Jasper Spezial
38. Kasparov Brute Force Modul =GK 2000
39. Kasparov Express = Solar Star
40. Kasparov Traveller = Chess Shadow
41. Kishon Chesster = Yves Reigner`s Chess

L

Post by **Fernando** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:52 pm

Larry wrote:
paulwise3 wrote: Is there anyone who owns or has ever seen this Fidelity Miami?

Just for the record, here's a list of clones.
The Fidelity Miami is at #23. So you can play it by playing CXG Legend.

Part 1:
1. Agathe = Opal II
2. Agathe Plus = Opal Plus
3. Aquamarine Premier = Amethyst
4. Aquamarine Premier Plus = Amethyst Plus = Jasper = Beryl Plus
5. Aria = Atlas = Kasparov Atlas = Avalon = Aurora = Alchemist = Aragon =
MeXs = Saitek 4 in 1
6. Astral = Turbo 16K
7. Avenger = Legend III
8. Berlin 68000 = Lyon 68000
9. Berlin Pro = Lyon 32 bits
10. Boris = Boris Diplomat
11. Calculator Chess = Schachcomputer 64
12. Cavalier = Chess Companion III 8 MHz, Conquistador 12 MHz
13. Cavalier = Team Mate = Conquistador
14. CC sensory 9 = Playmatic S Playmatic
15. Centurion 10MHz = Kasparov Cosmos = Mystery 12MHz = Cougar 16MHz
16. Chess Companion III =Turbo 16K
17. Corona = Stratos
18. Cosmic = Touch Sreen Travel Chess
19. CXG Advanced Starchess Plus = Sphinx Supra
20. CXG Chess 3000 = Super Enterprise
21. CXG Computachess III CXG 008 = Enterprise
22. CXG Enterprise S = CXG Star Chess
23. CXG Legend = Fidelity Miami
24. Diablo = Scorpio
25. Diamond II = Sapphire II
26. Elite Avantgarde 2265 = Excel Mach III = Designer 2265
27. Elite Premiere = Elite 2265 + Vancouver
28. Emerald Classic Plus = Amber = Turquoise = Karpov 2294
29. Enterprise S CXG 208 = Star Chess CXG 209
30. Excalibur Grandmaster = Igor = Excalibur Mirage
31. Executive = Mythos
32. Fidelity Tiny Chess =Mephisto Mini
33. GK 2000 = Kasparov Team Mate Advanced Trainer= Kasparov Travel
Champion = Turbo Advanced Trainer
34. GK 2100 = Centurion = Präsident = MM VI
35. Intelligent Chess - Super System III
36. Ivan the Terrible = Igor
37. Jasper = Jasper Club = Amethyst Plus = Tourmaline Plus = Granite =
Jasper Spezial
38. Kasparov Brute Force Modul =GK 2000
39. Kasparov Express = Solar Star
40. Kasparov Traveller = Chess Shadow
41. Kishon Chesster = Yves Reigner`s Chess

L

Your exhaustive list lack just one item:

Fernando = Patzer 1.0

Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:18 pm

paulwise3 wrote:Hi Mike,

Thanks for the pdf. Indeed very similar to the Legend/Concerto!
But still not clear if it really was released.

Regards, Paul

Hi Paul

Well the next Computer Chess Reports -
http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer ... _1992a.pdf
Page 6 says that the planned new versions of the Travel Master have been cancelled, which presumably means the new Travel Master and its tabletop brother the Miami.

All the best
Mike

paulwise3 · Post by **paulwise3** » Sun Sep 18, 2016 5:06 pm

Larry wrote:
paulwise3 wrote: Is there anyone who owns or has ever seen this Fidelity Miami?

Just for the record, here's a list of clones.
The Fidelity Miami is at #23. So you can play it by playing CXG Legend.

Hi Larry,

Where/how did you get this list? It does not always fit with the data found at http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... itle=Klone.

Clone searching regards,
Paul

paulwise3 · Post by **paulwise3** » Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:04 pm

Mike Watters wrote:
paulwise3 wrote:Hi Mike,

Thanks for the pdf. Indeed very similar to the Legend/Concerto!
But still not clear if it really was released.

Regards, Paul
Hi Paul

Well the next Computer Chess Reports -
http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer ... _1992a.pdf
Page 6 says that the planned new versions of the Travel Master have been cancelled, which presumably means the new Travel Master and its tabletop brother the Miami.

All the best
Mike

Hi Mike,

Thanx again for the pdf

I think this is the missing link (literally and figuratively...)

Best regards,
Paul

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:17 pm

paulwise3 wrote:
Hi Larry,

Where/how did you get this list?

Here it is. Note I did'nt include the whole list.
http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/diversen/ ... klonen.pdf

L

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