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Texas Instruments Electronic Passport to the World

Date of introduction:	1991	Display technology:
New price:	$40.00 (1992)	Display size:	n.a.
Size:	7.8" x 5.2" x 1.7" 198 x 132 x 42 mm³
Weight:	9.0 ounces, 254 grams	Serial No:
Batteries:	4*AA cells	Date of manufacture:	wk 21 year 1992
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	USA
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	TSP50C11 (CMM11039), TSP60C81 (CMM81006)
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner
		Download manual:	(US: 1.4M Bytes)

You are right, this is definite not an electronic calculator. This Passport to the World board game in its huge 12.5" x 19.5" x 3.0" box demonstrates the possibilities of the speech technology introduced with the Speak & Spell and later improved and cost-optimized with the Super Speak & Spell.

The picture at the right gives you an impression of the 24" x 19" global board, the small airplanes and the passport stamps you get in addition to the PASSPORT Flight Computer. This computer stores more than 10000 questions related to the 6 areas of the earth. The computer may ask you: What is the language spoken in Madrid? Chinese? English? Spanish? If your answer is correct, you'll get one of the passport stamps otherwise you will loose one. Ages 9 and up.

Dismantling this PASSPORT Flight Computer manufactured in May 1992 by Texas Instruments in the United States reveals a printed circuit board (PCB) with a very cost effective design.

The single sided PCB is centered around just two Integrated Circuits:

• TSP50C11/CMM11039: TSP50C50 VSP (Voice Synthesis Processor) with 8-bit microcontroller and 16k Bytes Mask ROM for both program and voice and 128 Bytes + 16 Nibbles Bits RAM
• TSP60C81/CMM81006: VSM (Voice Synthesis Memory) with 1024k Bits

Don't miss some toys for toddlers using similar technology: The Discovery Depot, Listen & Learn, Magic Clown, Magic Sorter, My Own Playphone and the Talking Storytime Sorter.

The Passport to the World game is featured in the Texas Instruments Incorporated leaflet Follow the Learning Path™ dated 1991.

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