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Texas Instruments El Loro Parlanchín
| Date of introduction: | 1991 | Display technology: | LCD |
| New price: | Display size: | 9 alphanumeric | |
| Size: | 10.0" x 7.0" x 1.3" 254 x 177 x 34 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 16.7 ounces, 474 grams | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 4*C cells | Date of manufacture: | wk 32 year 1991 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TSP50C42 (CSM42031), TSP60C19 (CMM19036), HD44780 |
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| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
This
wonderful hybrid uses the housing of the original Speak
& Spell from 1980 with the modern electronics of the first Super
Speak & Spell.
The English speaking sibling of this Spanish talking El Loro Parlanchin was called Super Speak & Spell, too.
Dismantling
this El Loro
Parlanchin manufactured in August 1991 by Texas Instruments in the United States reveals a
very well engineered printed circuit board (PCB) with three
Integrated Circuits:
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• TSP50C42/CSM42031: TSP50C50 VSP (Voice Synthesis Processor) with 8-bit microcontroller and 8k Bytes Mask ROM for both program and voice and
128 Bytes + 16 Nibbles RAM • TSP60C19/CMM19036: VSM (Voice Synthesis Memory) with 256k Bits • Hitachi HD44780: LCD Controller for monochrome dot matrix liquid crystal display with 8-bit Interface |
The main differences between the different Super Speak & Spell siblings are the Speech-ROMs:
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• La Super Dictée Magique: TSP50C42/CSM42027, 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 manufacturing codes we assume that the El Loro Profesor is the successor of the El Loro Parlanchin.
A similar product was introduced in France with the La Super Dictée Magique and in Italy with the Grillo Parlante Piu.
Tired of the blue line? Believe it or not, customers in China enjoyed already in 1990 their own "Professor" in bright red colors.
One El Loro
Parlanchin Cartridge Library is known:
| Name | Grade | Words | Description | Module | Word List |
| Modulo de Extension No1 | not available |  |
Please find the manuals of the listed modules in the Download
Section of the Datamath Calculator Museum.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, May 6, 2007. No reprints without written permission.