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Texas Instruments Computer Fun

Date of introduction:	1988	Display technology:	LCD
New price:		Display size:	Graphics
Size:	9.5" x 12.5" x 2.5"
Weight:	2 pounds 3 ounces	Serial No:	5181571
Batteries:	4*AA cells	Date of manufacture:	wk 27 year 1990
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	USA
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	TSP50C44 (CSM44012), CMM19006, HD44102, HD44105
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

Texas Instruments introduced with the Computer Fun a perfect combination of their superb speech synthesizer technology known from products like the Super Speak & Spell and the appearance of a small notebook.

The small graphics screen, the arrow keys and the function keys let you play one of 12 different preprogrammed games.

READING READINESS

	Letter Play: Letter recogintion and keyboard layout familiarity.
	Make-A-Word: Spelling skills.
	Word Hunt: Word skills, scrolling screens and cursor keys.
	Sentence Maker: Basic sentence structure, logical thinking and understanding cause and effects.
	Silly Stories: Sentence structure, story composition and keyboarding skills.

EARLY MATH

	Number Play: Number recognition and counting skills.
	Robot Moves: Sequencing and memory skills.
	Spot Count: Counting and set recognition skills.
	Digging Up Bones: Addition and subtraction skills.
	Fetch That Number: Problem-solving skills, solving equations.

CREATIVE PLAY

	Creature Creation: Creativity and imagination.
	Aerobotics: Procedural thinking and simple programming skills.

The toy is intended for players ages 4 to 8.

In other countries like United Kingdom the Computer Fun got not only other voices, even the keyboard layout changed. Don't miss the German Computer Fun.

Later a similar product was sold with the Mouse Computer.

If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.