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Texas Instruments El Loro Profesor
| Date of introduction: | 1992 | 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 13 year 1992 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TSP50C42, CMM19054, 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 Profesor was called Super Speak & Spell, too.
The main differences between the Super Speak & Spell and the El Loro Profesor are the Speech-ROM's:
| El Loro Profesor: TSP50C42/CSM42031, CMM19054 | |
| Super Speak & Spell (91): TSP50C42/CSM42030, CMM19048 |
Two extension modules were available with a total of 600 new words.
The toy is intended for players ages 6 to 11.
With the similiar El Loro Parlanchin we know a second Spanish speaking Super Speak & Spell. Judging from the codes found on the Speech-ROM's the El Loro Profesor seems to be 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.
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© Joerg Woerner, September 25, 2002. No reprints without written permission.