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Texas Instruments Magic Melody

Date of introduction:	1993	Display technology:
New price:		Display size:	n.a.
Size:	6.1" x 6.1" x 6.1" 155 x 155 x 155 mm³
Weight:	18.7 ounces, 530 grams	Serial No:
Batteries:	4*AA cells	Date of manufacture:
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	China (A)
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	TSP50C11/CSM11159
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:
		Download manual:	(DE: 2.0M Bytes)

Nothing else than the Listen & Learn Nursery Rhymes introduced already in 1990.

Dismantling this Magic Melody manufactured in 1992 by (or for) Texas Instruments in China reveals a technology very similar to the various Touch & Talkies. The design of the Magic Melody Tell is centered around a TSP50C11 Voice Synthesis Processor (VSP) and makes use of just one Integrated Circuit:

• TSP50C11/CSM11159: TSP50C50 VSP (Voice Synthesis Processor) with 8-bit microcontroller and 16k Bytes Mask ROM for both program and voice and 128 Bytes + 16 Nibbles RAM

The Magic Melody plays 6 monophonic melodies and 6 sung German children songs using a the TSP50C11 single-chip speech synthesizer. The songs are selected by rotating the ball in a way that the picture of the selected song faces up.

6 monophonic, short German children song melodies:

• Ein Männlein steht im Walde
• Hänschen klein
• Auf einem Baum ein Kukuck sass
• Backe, backe Kuchen
• Der Mond ist aufgegangen
• Spannenlanger Hansel

6 sung German children songs:
(unfortunately very short, only 1 stanza per song)

• Alle Vögel sind schon da
• Kommt ein Vogel geflogen
• Alle meine Entchen
• Häschen in der Grube
• Es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann
• Fuchs Du hast die Gans gestohlen

The toy is intended for toddlers ages 6 to 36 month.

Other toys for toddlers are the Peek-A-Boo Zoo and the Magic Sorter.

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