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Texas Instruments Super Libro Parlante
Date of introduction: | 1989 | Display technology: | n.a. |
New price: | Display size: | ||
Size: | 11.6" x 11.7" x
2.7" 295 x 298 x 69 mm3 |
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Weight: | 30.9 ounces, 876 grams | Serial No: | |
Batteries: | 4*AA cells | Date of manufacture: | wk 45 year 1990 |
AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | USA | |
Precision: | Integrated circuits: | TSP50C42 (CSM42014), TSP60C19 (CMM19016) |
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Memories: | |||
Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
Download manuals: |
(IT: 4.7M Bytes) (IT: 8.2M Bytes) |
Nothing else than a blue-green colored Touch & Discover distributed by Clementoni with Italian voices stored in the Speech-ROM's.
The toy is intended for players ages 2 to 5.
The idea of the product is simple: Switch the game on and wait for the
instructions. The only thing you need is your fingertip.
Dismantling this Super Libro Parlante manufactured in November 1990 by Texas Instruments in the United States reveals a very well engineered printed circuit board (PCB) with just two Integrated Circuits:
• TSP50C42/CSM42014: TSP50C50 VSP (Voice Synthesis Processor) with 8-bit microcontroller and 8k Bytes Mask ROM for both program and voice and
128 Bytes + 16 Nibbles RAM • TSP60C19/CMM19016: VSM (Voice Synthesis Memory) with 256k Bits |
Forty-six entertaining, educational activities featuring favorite Walt Disney characters were available for the Super Libro Parlante educational product. Fourteen of these activities come with the Super Libro Parlante and thirty-two activities were available in two expansion packs:
• Modulo di Espansione N.1 (red) • Modulo di Espansione N.2 (purple) |
Each expansion pack contains a cartridge and a set of
educational Disney picture panels.
The cartridge itself uses a Speech-ROM
TSP60C21 with a capacity of 256k Bits connected to the expansion port of the Super Libro Parlante.
Don't miss the El Super Libro
Mágico
with its wonderful Spanish language and the French speaking Le
Super Livre Magique.
List of all forty-six activities:
Basic (Built In) |
Activity | New Discoveries | Activity | Advanced Discoveries | Activity |
1 | La casa di Alice e Paolo | 15 | 31 | ||
2 | La campagna | 16 | 32 | ||
3 | Il viso della mamma | 17 | 33 | ||
4 | La bambola di Alice | 18 | 34 | ||
5 | I giocattoli di Paolo | 19 | 35 | ||
6 | I vestiti di Paolo e del Papà | 20 | 36 | ||
7 | Il giardino | 21 | 37 | ||
8 | I vasetti di marmellata | 22 | 38 | ||
9 | L'interno della casa | 23 | 39 | ||
10 | La Camera di papà a mamma | 24 | 40 | ||
11 | Il disegno di Paolo | 25 | 41 | ||
12 | Dov'è l'altra metà? | 26 | 42 | ||
13 | L'esterno della casa | 27 | 43 | ||
14 | La camera di Paolo | 28 | 44 | ||
29 | 45 | ||||
30 | 46 |
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If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 28, 2007. No reprints without written permission.