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Texas Instruments El Loro Parlanchín
| Date of introduction: | 1991 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 9 alphanumeric | |
| Size: | 10" x 7" x 1.3" | ||
| Weight: | 1 pound 1 ounce | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 4*C cells | Date of manufacture: | wk 32 year 1991 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TSP50C42 (CSM42031), CMM19036, HD44780 | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |

This
wonderful hybride uses the housing of the original Speak
& Spell from 1980 with the modern electronics of the first Super
Speak & Spell.
The English speaking sibbling of this Spanish talking El Loro Parlanchin was called Super Speak & Spell, too.
Dismantling
the toy reveals a high-sophisticated printed circuit board with three main
components:
| TSP50C42 Speech Synthesizer | |
| CMM19036 Speech ROM | |
| HD44780 LCD-Controller |
The main differences between the different Super Speak & Spell sibblings are the Speech-ROM's:
| La Super Dictée Magique: TSP50C42, CMM19031 | |
| Grillo Parlante Piu: TSP50C42/CSM42030, CMM19035 | |
| El Loro Parlanchin: TSP50C42/CSM42031, CMM19036 | |
| Super Speak & Spell (91): TSP50C42/CSM42030, CMM19048 | |
| El Loro Profesor: TSP50C42/CSM42031, CMM19054 |
The toy is intended for players ages 6 to 11.
We know with El Loro Profesor a second Spansih speaking version of the Super Speak & Spell. From the manufactureing codes we assume that the El Loro Profesor is the successor of the El Loro Parlanchin.
A similiar product was introduced in France with the La Super Dictée Magique and in Italy with the Grillo Parlante Piu.
One El Loro
Parlanchin Library is known:
| Name | Grade | Words | Description | Module | Wordlist |
| Modulo de Extension No1 | not available | ![]() |
Please find the manuals of the listed modules in the Download
Section of the Datamath Calculator Museum.
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If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, May 6, 2007. No reprints without written permission.