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Texas Instruments Le Livre Magique
| Date of introduction: | 1981 | Display technology: | n.a. |
| New price: | Display size: | ||
| Size: | 10" x 14.5" x 1.6" | ||
| Weight: | 2 pounds 4 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 2*D cells | Date of manufacture: | wk 29 year 1988 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | CD8012, CD2802, CD62171 | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Nothing
else than a Touch & Tell with French voices
stored in
the Speech-ROM.
The Le Livre Magique was introduced already in 1981 on the French market. The pictured toy was manufactured in 1988 and sports a slightly smaller Texas Instruments logo.
Dismantling the 
this late
Le Livre Magique reveals a small surprise: It includes now the
Speech-ROM on the main printed
circuit board (PCB) while the first version of the Le
Livre Magique makes use of a small module to store the French voice.
The next evolution steps are the more advanced Le
Super Livre Magique and the La
Lecture Magique introducing two position sensitive keyboards
in a foldable housing to accept small booklets.
Texas Instruments stopped the development of this educational line in 1993 with the cute Le Petit Ours Magique.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, January 30, 2005. No reprints without written permission.