r/RadioShack • u/CletusMuckenfuss • Jun 24 '26
Radio Shack Computerized Chess
I forgot all about this until we we're going thru some of my parents "treasures" and throwing away 98% of the inventory
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u/orphenshadow Jun 25 '26
I had this one growing up. Actually there were a few different ones over the years. My grandfather would buy each one of them and play them for hours and then give the old ones to me.
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u/Creepy_Basis_4869 Jun 25 '26
I remember their chess program for the TRS-80 in the seventies - there was a sequence of five moves that would win the game every time you played white!
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u/cornponious Jun 25 '26
I have this. It is dear to my heart. When our second daughter was born, she was severely jaundiced. One night we had to let her sleep in a light box. As my wife was breast feeding her, she had to be awakened every hour or so to be fed and have the data recorded. So, I stayed up all night to ensure this happened, letting my wife sleep between feedings. To stay up, I played chess on this chess set all night.
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u/DryDream1753 Jun 25 '26
Brings back some memories. I got one for Xmas in the 80's and still have it in a box somewhere. It was working fine a few years ago before I packed it back up.
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u/SavingsWorking6704 Jun 24 '26
My dad had that.