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Texas Instruments Buddy
| Date of introduction: | 1980 | Display technology: | Fluorescent |
| New price: | Display size: | 8 alphanumeric | |
| Size: | 10" x 7" x 1.3" | ||
| Weight: | 17 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 4*C cells | Date of manufacture: | wk 49 year 1981 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Italy | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | CD2702, CD2801, CD2345 and CD2346 | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
You
are familiar with this blue Buddy ? It is the German version of the well known Speak
& Spell (Type 2).
Don't miss the French La Dictée Magique or the Italian Grillo Parlante.
Dismantling
the Buddy like we did in the story "Inside
a Speak & Spell" reveals a suprise: The green flourescent display
of the Buddy uses only 8 alphanumeric characters compared to the 9 characters of
the original Speak & Spell design. The Speech-ROM's of the Buddy are still
the 128kBit types compared to the 256kBit chip found inside the later La
Dictée Magique.
| Press the Play button and
get some real Buddy tunes. (MP3 files provided by Martin Pscherer) |
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.