Fidelity Little Chesster

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Fidelity Little Chesster
Manufacturer Fidelity Launch Year 1991
Elo Price $89.95
Programmer Dan & Kathe Spracklen BT-2450
Processor M50743 Single Chip BT-2630
Processor Type 8 Bit Colditz
Clock 2 MHz Depth of Search
RAM 256 bytes Display No
ROM 4 KB + 124 KB Speech Move Input Touch Sensory Board
Opening Book 12000 ply Move Output 16 edge LEDs
Playing Levels 33 levels
Dimensions 26 x 24 x 2.2 cm / Chessboard 20 x 20 cm / King height 4.8 cm
Power Supply 4 AAA batteries, Adaptor = HGN 5001
Related to Fidelity Chesster Challenger , Fidelity Excellence , Radio Shack 1900L
Other 64 ply takeback, up to Mate-in-8, Easy-mode is always activated(!)



Level Infobox
30 Sec / Move 30 Min / Game 60 Sek / Move 60 Min / Game Tournament Analyse/Infinite
a5 - a6 - a8 b1 - f8

C Picture by Michael Watters - Chess Computer UK


Infos

The Fidelity Little Chesster Challenger is a budget version of the Fidelity Chesster Challenger. Emphasis is on an entertaining chess partner. It is still capable of 345 phrases, but the board, the speaker and the computer hardware are all low budget components. According to Computer Chess Reports 1991 Vol 2 No 1 Page 5 the program is the same as the later models of the Fidelity Excellence but on slower Hardware, with a much smaller opening book which allows it to be contained on the 4KB ROM. It includes a genuine novice level suitable for beginners.

The main circuit board components are :-

M50743SP - Single Chip cpu with 6502 architecture, 128 KB ROM and 256 bytes RAM

HY6116ALP - 2KB SRAM

and the voice synthesizer chip.

In fact two versions of the Little Chesster were manufactured. In the photograph showing both versions (below), the one on the right is the original version made in 1991, and the one on the left dates from 1992. The original had 8 countdown levels which are not found in the later model. The two versions also have different piece sets. You may also come across some 'clones' of the 25 level version, namely the Radio Shack 1900L Talking Chess Computer and Sharper Image Talking Chess Companion.



C Pictures by Michael Watters - Chess Computer UK