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1980 Fidelity Electronics, Inc. (Chicago)

Fidelity Bridge Challenger

An electronic bridge opponent that reads your physical cards by their bar-coded backs

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Fidelity Bridge Challenger archival photograph

Overview

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Media

Fidelity Bridge Challenger electronic bridge computer
Fidelity Bridge Challenger electronic bridge computer; the optical bar-code card reader sits beside the keyboard (collector documentation, electronicchess.free.fr).

Sources

  1. electronicchess.free.fr — 'Dames, bridge, backgammon et Othello électroniques' (Bridge Challenger section)
  2. Zeiss Rec Elta 3 (field data recorder) — see Fidelity Bridge Challenger gallery note for provenance of the device photo