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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.

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