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|| [[image:FidelityChessterPhantom6124.JPG link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/859049560/in/set-72157600923814103"]] ||~ || **Fidelity Phantom**,
a series of [[Robots|robot type]] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] by [[Fidelity Electronics]] with a [[6502]] program by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]], released in three models since 1988, the normal Phantom (model 6100), and the talking **Chesster Phantom** (model 6124) and **Chesster Phantom “Eyeball”** (model 6126, “Hi I’m Chesster. How about a nice game of chess ...”) <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395538|Re: Phantom Chesster Eyeball]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[CCC]], November 11, 2004</ref>. The Fidelity Phantom was basically a re-launch of the 1982 [[Milton Bradley Phantom]] with a Spracklen program within 64 KiB of [[Memory#ROM|ROM]]. [[Sidney Samole]] had bought the rights on the Robot from [[Milton Bradley|Milton Bradley International Inc.]]. After the acquisition of Fidelity Electronics by [[Hegener & Glaser]] in 1989, the same computer was sold under the new brand name **Mephisto Phantom** <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Phantom|Fidelity Phantom]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)</ref>. ||
|| Fidelity Chesster Phantom 6124 <ref>[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600923814103/with/859053238/|1.The Ultra Rare Collection: Flickr]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Demonology|Demonology]]
* [[Milton Bradley Phantom]]
* [[Robot Adversary]]
* [[Robots]]
* [[Novag 2Robot]]

=Reports=
* [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-11-25/entertainment/8802190702_1_computer-chess-chess-federation-rating-phantom|Phantom Computer Has All The Chess Moves]] by [[http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/chinews-phil-vettel-20130507-staff.html|Phil Vettel]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribune|Chicago Tribune]], November 25, 1988

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395515|Phantom Chesster Eyeball]] by [[Mike Watters|Michael Watters]], [[CCC]], November 11, 2004
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=167047&t=18770|Re: Automated piece mover Chess Computer?]] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2008 
* [[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=63236&sid=5d259a1e719fb2c1be761a81c56f7310|Rare Fidelity Phantom]] by Sargon1972, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 11, 2013
* [[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6442&sid=968fe49a72be5f53b4d984525be9f99c|Question regarding Milton Bradley Phantom]] by Larry, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 18, 2013

=External Links=
==Fidelity Phantom==
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_chesster_phantom_eyeball.html|Fidelity Chesster Phantom Eyeball]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.ismenio.com/chess_fidelity_phantom6100.html|Ismenio's chess computer collection - Fidelity Phantom 6100]]
* [[http://www.ismenio.com/phantom_6126.html|Ismenio's chess computer collection - Fidelity Phantom 6126 Chesster (Eyeball)]]
* [[http://www.retrogames.co.uk/more/on/details/003248|Fidelity Phantom Chess Machine - Boxed from Retrogames]]
* [[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/bibuxton/buxtoncollection/detail.aspx?id=180|Phantom Chess]] by [[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/bibuxton/buxtoncollection/default.aspx|Bill Buxton]], April 2011
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Phantom|Fidelity Phantom]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Phantom|Mephisto Phantom]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)

==Phantom==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom|Phantom from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom|The Phantom from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_%28The_Phantom_of_the_Opera%29|Erik (The Phantom of the Opera) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantom_%28disambiguation%29|Fantom (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantom_%28programming_language%29|Fantom (programming language) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fant%C3%B4mas|Fantômas from Wikipedia]]

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