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Texas Instruments SS-3024 GAMES I Solid State Software Cartridge

Date of introduction:  1983 Display technology:  
New price:  $39.95 (MSRP 1983) Display size:  
Size:  2.1" x 2.0" x 0.55"
 53 x 52 x 14 mm3
   
Weight:  1.0 ounces, 28 grams Serial No:  
Batteries:  n.a. Date of manufacture:  
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  USA (ATA)
Precision:   Integrated circuits:  HN61256P
Memories:      
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner
    Download manual:   (US: 8.1 MByte)

The SS-3024 GAMES Solid State Software Cartridge (SSSC) was developed by Texas Instruments for its CC-40 Compact Computer System and contains 12 easy-to-use programs chosen to serve a broad range of interests:

Hunt the Wumpus
Hammurabi
Stocks and Bonds
Spacecraft Landing Simulation
Backgammon
Blackjacks
Codebreaker
Interchange
Learning NIM
Sea Battle
Number Gallery
Word Scramble

Dismantling a Solid State Software Cartridge manufactured by Texas Instruments in their Abilene, Texas facility, reveals a small printed circuit board (PCB) with a HN61256P ROM (Read-Only Memory) manufactured by Hitachi, Japan.

The HN61256P uses a CMOS process resulting in a very low power consumption of 7.5 mW and features a capacity of 32k Bytes with an access time of 3.5 us.



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