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Texas Instruments LETTERlogic
| Date of introduction: | 1980 | Display technology: | Fluorescent |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 alphanumeric | |
| Size: | 6.2" x 3.4" x 1.1" 157 x 86 x 29 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 5.7 ounces, 163 grams | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 9V | Date of manufacture: | wk 03 year 1981 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Italy | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TMC0273, TMC0355 (CD2604) | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Nothing
else than the German edition of the Mr. Challenger.
Main
differences are the keyplate with a German translation of the games built into
the original Mr. Challenger and the Speech-ROM of the toy.
The
printed circuit boards (PCBs) of the two versions are identical and share the
TMC0273 microcontroller and a TMC0355
Voice Synthesis Memory (VSM), known as "128kBit Speech-ROM" of the Speak & Spell
family. The different voices of the two games are coded in these ROMs, please notice the CD2604 (Custom Design)
labeling instead the CD2601 discovered with the Mr. Challenger.
Don't miss the LETTERlogic sold in France and the LETTERlogic sold in the United Kingdom.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.