TI Museum

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Spell & Read 1 V  
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter: AC9199
Year: 1980
Chip:
Info: 1 series blue logo on the center with wave

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Speak & Read 2 v  
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter: AC9199
Year: 1986
Chip: TMC0270/CD2705, TMC0280/CD2801, 2*TMC0350 (CD2394, 2395)
Info:2 series blue logo without wave

• Speak and Spell line

Model:  Speak & Spell  1v   
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C 
AC adapter:
Year: 1978
Chip:
Info: 1 series blue logo on the right. The Speak & Spell series uses the first single chip LPC speech synthesizer with the TMC0280. Subsequent refinements to the Speak & Spell chips led to the TMS5100, 5200 and 5220 speech synthesis processors for commercial products. This Jiminy Cricket uses a CD2801 which it interprets as TMC0280, Version 1.

• Speak and Spell line

Model:  Speak & Spell  1v 1981
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C 
AC adapter: AC9199
Year: 1981
Chip:  TMC0271, TMC0281, TMC0351 and TMC0352
Info:1 series blue logo on the right

• Speak and Spell line

Model:  Speak & Spell  2v      
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1986
Chip:
Info: 2 series red logo on the right

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Buddy Speak and Spell German
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1981
Chip:
Info:It is the German version of the well known Speak & Spell (Type 2).Extremely rare Speak & Spell in German version, called Buddy.Dismantling the Buddy manufactured in December 1981 by Texas Instruments in their Rieti, Italy facility reveals a small surprise: The green fluorescent display of the Buddy uses only 8 alphanumeric characters compared to the 9 characters of the 2nd generation Speak & Spell manufactured in the same timeframe in the United States. 

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Speak and Spell
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1991
Chip:
Info: Chines series

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Speak and Spell clone China
Battery: 3 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:ear: 2019
Chip:
Info: Here is a clone of the famous "Speak & Spell" produced in China in 2019, it uses an LCD display with a green backlight, has the polarizer in reverse, so as to have the green writing on a black background.

• Compact Speak and Spell line

Model: Speak and spell Compact
Battery: 9 volt
AC adapter:
Year: 1982
Chip:
Info:

• Speak and Spell line
• Prototype

Model: Speak and Spell ESP
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1981
Chip:
Info:Spain Series. This Prototype of the Speak & Spell Spanish Voice is based on Version 2, please notice the gold lettered "Texas Instruments" on the display screen and the large "TI" logo on the keyboard.

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Speak and Spell JAP
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1979
Chip:
Info: Japan series

• Computer
• Sinclair
• Z80
• Spectrum

Spectrum Inves +. A clone of the ZX Spectrum+ developed by Investrónica in Spain in 1986, based on the work developed by Investrónica for the ZX Spectrum 128. Released just after Amstrad bought Sinclair Research Ltd, looked much like a normal 48+, but all the inner parts were redesigned. As the ROM was also modified, it has compatibility problems with some games (Bombjack, Commando, Top Gun, etc.).^[1] On the rear there was a Kempston joystick connector.

Due to the fact that Invéstronica was the distributor of Sinclair's products in Spain, and because Amstrad already had its own exclusive distributor in Spain (Indescomp, later bought by Amstrad itself), in 1987 Amstrad sued Investrónica to stop the sale of the computer.^[2] The court agreed with Amstrad, but the decision was not issued until 1991, when the computer was discontinued as the 8-bit computer market in Spain was dead in favor of 16-bit computers.

Wikipedia Spectrum Inves +

• Speech
• Chips

• Speak and Spell line
• Radioshack

Model: Spell master Radio shack 
Battery: 4 x 1,5 V type C                       
AC adapter:
Year: 1988                                 
Chip:
Info: The Radio Shack Spellmaster) was manufactured in 1988 and represents the last design iteration of the Speak & Spell family. The printed circuit board (PCB) itself is much smaller than the original Speak & Spell design.

• Radioshack

Model: Spell' N 
Battery: 4 x 1,5 V type C                       
AC adapter:
Year: 1992                                
Chip:
Info:

• Math and War Games

Model: Spelling abc
Battery: 9 volt                
AC adapter:
Year: 1981
Chip: TMC0274, TMC0355 (CD2602)
Info:Nothing else than the UK version of the 2^nd generation Spelling B.

• Math and War Games

Model: Spelling B
Battery: 9 volt                
AC adapter:
Year: 1978
Chip:
Info:

• Math and War Games

Model: Spelling B LCD
Battery: 9 volt                
AC adapter:
Year: 1989
Chip: TP0456/CD4617, CD4618
Info:

• Basic

Model: Spirit of 76
Battery: 9 volt
Adapter: 
Year: 1972
Chip: TMC0952
Info:

• Classic 1 generation

Model: SR-10 Italy
Battery: 3  x AA ni-cd
Adapter: AC9900
Year: 1973
Chip: TMS0120  
Info: TIP line -  classic first GENERATION  the logo is inside the display 

• Classic 1 generation
• Rare

Model: SR 10 Italy
Battery: 3  x AA ni-cd
Adapter: AC9900
Year: 1973
Chip: TMS0120  
Info: This Calculator has 4 upper keys BLUE prototype or Fake ?

• Classic 1 generation

Model: SR-10 vers. 2
Battery: 3  x AA ni-cd
Adapter: AC9900
Year: 1973
Chip: TMS0120
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org
Info: TIP line -  classic first GENERATION  

• Classic 1 generation

Model: SR-11 
Battery: 3  x AA ni-cd
Adapter: AC9900
Year: 1974
Chip: TMS0602
Manual: with permission www.datamath.orgInfo: TIP line -  classic first GENERATION  

• Classic 1 generation

Model: SR-16
Battery: 3  x AA ni-cd
Adapter: AC9200
Year: 1975
Chip: TMC1001
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org
Info: TIP line -  classic first GENERATION 

• Classic 2 generation

Model: SR-16 II
Battery: 3 x AA
Adapter: AC8190
Year: 1975
Chip: TMC1016
Info: classic second GENERATION 

• Desktop line

Model: SR-20
Battery: 
Adapter: AC 110 volt
Year: 1973
Chip: TMS02020, TMS0304
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org   
Info: DESKTOP line 

• Desktop line

Model: SR-22
Battery:  no
Adapter: AC9222
Year: 1974
Chip: TMS0207, TMC0323, TMC0404   
Info: Look carefully at the display of the SR-22 and you'll notice immediately that this calculator could perform amazing calculations. It is the only calculator reported so far to perform Octal-Decimal-Hexadecimal conversions on the base of floating point numbers.

• Privileg

Model: SR-35NC
Battery: 
Adapter: 
Year:  1978
Chip: TMC0981
Info:  Interesting calculator, this German edition of a TI-30. The Privileg SR-35NC is indeed nothing else than a Texas Instruments TI-30 with a restyled and translated key plate, and a sticker instead the molded TI-logo and TEXAS INSTRUMENTS nameplate.

• Majestic line

Model: SR-40
Battery: BP 5
Adapter: AC9132
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0981
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org           
Info: MAJESTIC line 

• Majestic line
• Rare
• TI-30

Model: SR-40 LCD
Battery: 2 x AA
Adapter: NO
Year: 1981
Chip: TP0320
Manual:            
Info:The extremely rare SR-40 LCD (1981) calculator produced in Brazil is an interesting model, as at first glance it looks very similar to the European version of the TI-30 LCD. However, a few differences set it apart. One of the most noticeable differences concerns the keys: while the European TI-30 LCD features the **N!** (factorial) key, the Brazilian SR-40 LCD has the **x!** key, a detail that might reflect slight variations in functionality or target use. Another notable difference is the design of the battery compartment. The SR-40 LCD uses two AA batteries, but the compartment cover requires a coin to be opened, unlike the sliding cover of the European TI-30 LCD. This feature probably represents an adaptation for greater durability or security in battery replacement. These small variations between the models highlight production differences between different markets, making the SR-40 LCD a particularly rare and interesting piece for vintage calculator collectors.

Many Thnaks to DATAMATH.ORG

• Classic 1 generation

Model: SR-50
Battery: BP 1
Adapter: AC9200
Year: 1974
Chip: TMC0501 / 0521
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org
Info: TIP line -  classic first GENERATION 

• Classic 2 generation

Model: SR-50 A
Battery: BP 1 A
Adapter: AC9130
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0501 - TMC0503
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org      
Info: classic second GENERATION 

• Classic 1 generation
• Rare
• Dismac

Model: SR-50 Dismac
Battery: BP 1
Adapter: AC9200
Year: 1974
Chip: TMC0501 / 0521
Manual:
Info: Fellow calculator collector Marie Lisa Collas surprised us in December 2015 with this unusual looking SR-50manufactured for Dismac Industrial S.A. in Brazil. Texas Instruments changed the appearance of the original dramatically by simply switching the silver colored aluminum bezel from the display frame to the keyboard. Purchased in 2022.  

• Classic 1 generation

Model: SR-51 1v
Display: 10 + 2
Battery: BP 1 
Adapter: AC9200
Year: 1975
Chip: TMC0501, TMS0522, TMC0523
Manual:              
Info:With the SR-51 Texas Instruments began a series of scientific calculators that added statistical functions and conversions to the "usual functions". But none of them are engineered as flawlessly as the SR-51. It was built as a tank to survive decades of use like its close relative SR-50. Compared to previous models, the SR-51 got a keyboard design with white, gray, yellow and orange keys and gave a perspective to later TI calculators. To reduce manufacturing costs and to give a similar look and feel to the SR-52 and SR-56 calculators, the SR-51 was replaced within months with the SR-51A. Logically it is quite rare. However, two different variants are known: this model from an early production batch uses huge yellow characters for the 2 shifted functions, while the later SR-51 sports much finer print.

This rare model had many parts corroded by battery acid, the 7-segment displays completely corroded, the replacement and cleaning of the keyboard can be seen on the side.

• Classic 2 generation

Model: SR-51 2v
Battery: BP 1 
Adapter: AC9200
Year: 1975
Chip: TMC0501, TMS0522, TMC0523
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org             
Info:

• Classic 2 generation

Model: SR-51 A
Battery: BP 1 
Adapter: AC9130
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0501 / 522 / 523             
Info: classic second GENERATION

• Classic 2 generation

Model: SR-51 A
Battery: BP 1 
Adapter: AC9130
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0501 / 522 / 523             
Info:This calculator has the 4 keys for BLUE operations is it a prototype or a fake?

• Majestic line

Model: SR-51 II
Battery: BP 6
Adapter: AC9131
Year: 1977
Chip: TMC0501 / 581
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org           
Info: MAJESTIC line 

• Classic 2 generation

Model: SR-52
Battery: 3 x AA
Adapter: AC9130A or DC9105
Year: 1975
Chip: TMC0501 / 0524 /0595 / 2xTMC0599, 2xTMC0561/0562
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org  basic library         
Info: classic second GENERATION 

• Classic 2 generation
• Rare
• Prototype

Model: SR-52 clear case
Battery: 3 x AA
Adapter: AC9130A 
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0501, TMS0537, TMC0538, TMC0599           
Info: This SR-52 Clear-Clase Prototype was most likely manufactured in November 1974 and is a strange hybrid sporting.

• Classic 2 generation
• pc-100

Model: SR-56
Battery: 3 x AA
Adapter: AC9130A 
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0501, TMS0537, TMC0538, TMC0599
Manual: with permission www.datamath.org           
Info: classic second GENERATION 

• Desktop line
• Rare
• video

Model: SR-60 
Battery: NO 
Adapter: AC 110 volt or AC 220 volt
Year: 1976
Chip: TMC0501, TMC0526 or TMC0536, TMC0564, TMC0565, TMC0566, TMC0567, TMC0568 or TMC0570, TMC0596, 5*TMC0599, TMC0253, TMC0254
Info: Texas Instruments introduced in 1976 with the SR-60 their first high-end programmable desktop calculator. Priced at $1695 and with a footprint of roughly 17" by 14.5" (430 mm * 370 mm) the SR-60 resembled more a computer than a programmable calculator.

Based on the SR-52 and SR-56 series of programmable calculators, the SR-60 integrated a full-sized keyboard with 95 keys, a large alphanumeric display with 20 characters, a thermal dot-matrix printer with 20 characters and a magnetic card reader for saving and loading both programs and data.

One of the main advantages of the SR-60 is the huge memory for data and program, already the base model could hold 480 program steps and 40 memory registers. Two memory expansion modules were available, one implemented with just two small daughter boards holding 5 resp. 3 TMC0599 RAM chips accessible through a bottom panel in the housing. The second memory expansion, a huge printed circuit board (PCB) with a total of 27 TMC0599 RAM chips, was mounted below the keyboard next to the Main PCB.

The SR-60 operates using pure algebraic logic (e.g., problems are presented to the machine as they would be written on paper). The calculator adheres to the PEMDAS (Parenthesis, Exponentiation, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) order of precedence. The [(] and [)] keys may be used to group expressions to override the PEMDAS rules as required. Parentheses can be nested up to ten levels deep. The machine calculates and displays results to ten significant digits, and always formats the display to provide maximum accuracy.

  with permission of the author www.datamath.org  

Claudio Larini. My interest in the world of information technology was born as soon as I finished high school, before leaving for the university adventure at the Polytechnic of Milan, after having purchased the first issue of a magazine, Micro and Personal Computer in September 1979. So after having consulted the "Market Guide", which was divided between Personal Computers, Programmable Calculators and Microprocessor Boards, and compatibly with the available budget I decided to purchase a programmable calculator.

SR-60 EMULATOR (and others ....) Claudio Larini ITALY 

TroubleShooting   

After finding the SR-60 and checking it, we realized that it wasn't working. We started with the power supply. This power supply provides all power for the individual PCBs, (-20, -15.8, -10, -5 and -19) with an input voltage ranging from -26.5 to -42. At this point we realized that the -15.8 voltage that powers the main PCB was not being supplied.

 As expected with these 50 year old objects, the filter capacitors, in this case 10uF, failed, one was shorted, another changed value.

Causing the breakage of three transistors in the power supply, the TIP30 replaced with one from the stock of components we have from the 70s and 80s, in addition to the A1872 replaced with a BC556 and an A2031 replaced with a BC547. We were unable to find the latter the same .

• Desktop line
• Rare

Model: SR-60 A
Battery: 
Adapter: AC 110 volt
Year: 1978
Chip:TMC0501, ...TMC0526, 5*TMC0599, TMC0253
Info: Texas Instruments introduced in 1976 with the SR-60 their first high-end programmable desktop calculator. Priced at $1695 and with a footprint of roughly 17" by 14.5" (430 mm * 370 mm) the SR-60 resembled more a computer than a programmable calculator. Based on the SR-52 and SR-56 series of programmable calculators, the SR-60 integrated a full-sized keyboard with 95 keys, a large alphanumeric display with 20 characters, a thermal dot-matrix printer with 20 characters and a magnetic card reader for saving and loading both programs and data. One of the main advantages of the SR-60 is the huge memory for data and program, already the base model could hold 480 program steps and 40 memory registers. Two memory expansion modules were available, one implemented with just two small daughter boards holding 5 resp. 3 TMC0599 RAM chips accessible through a bottom panel in the housing. The second memory expansion, a huge printed circuit board (PCB) with a total of 27 TMC0599 RAM chips, was mounted below the keyboard next to the Main PCB. A fully-optioned SR-60 could hold programs with a maximum of 5760 steps and 430 memory registers.

• Toys and Speech Games
• TMS1000
• Star Trekulator

Model: Star Trekulator 
Battery: 4 x AA 
AC adapter:
Year: 1976
Chip: TMS0855
Info:Vintage Mego Corporation 1976 Star Trek The Original Series Star Trekulator Electronic Calculator Of The Future. Released by Mego Corporation in 1976 as part of their series of Star Trek Toys and Action Figures. This fantastic Star Trekulator is a working replica of the calculator used aboard the USS Enterprise. It adds, subtracts, divides, multiples, figures square root and percentages at the flick of a switch. Watch the console flash the computer lights on the bridge of the Enterprise as you work. Great for homework and all your important calculations. Every time you press the total button, your answerappears on the display screen accompanied by Star Trek alarm sounds. A winner any way you add it up.

• Starwars

Model: TI-527-01 (Stars Wars black) Code: ok (different label)
Battery:  2 x D386 or 2 x 396
WCase: black plastic  WBand: black rubber  Face: red
Manual: Yes  Box: No Light: led
Year: 1977 Price: xxxx
Function:  The watch has five functions- hours, minutes, seconds, month and date
Info: The excitement of Star Wars, only Texas Instruments has the official Star Wars digital watches ,combining five-functions.

• Starwars

Model: TI-527-01 (Stars Wars black gold ) Code: ok (different label)
Battery:  2 x D386 or 2 x 396
WCase: black plastic  WBand: black rubber  Face: red
Manual: Yes  Box: No  Light: led
Year: 1977 Price: xxxx
Function:  The watch has five functions- hours, minutes, seconds, month and date
Info: The excitement of Star Wars, only Texas Instruments has the official Star Wars digital watches ,combining five-functions.

• History
• 6502
• Rockwell

• Lcd Starburst

Model: TI-starburst (hexagon) Code: 
Battery:  ???
WCase: white tone metal   WBand: black leather  Face: silver
Manual: no  Box: yes  Light: no
Year: xxxx Price: xxxx
Function:  The three-function shows constant display of hours, minutes, seconds.
Info: Module inside is Modutek L1D

• Lcd Starburst

Model: TI-starburst (rectangular) Code: 
Battery:  AG10 or LR1130
WCase: gold tone metal   WBand: matching bracelet  Face: gold
Manual: no  Box: no  Light: no
Year: 1977 Price: xxxx
Function:  The eight-function  chronograph shows constant display of hours, minutes,seconds, month, date and day of week.
Info: the same model in white tone metal 

• Lcd Starburst

Model: TI-starburst (rectangular) Code: 
Battery:  AG10 or LR1130
WCase: white tone metal   WBand: matching bracelet  Face: blue
Manual: no  Box: no  Light: no
Year: 1977 Price: xxxx
Function:  The eight-function  chronograph shows constant display of hours, minutes,seconds, month, date and day of week.
Info: the same model in gold tone metal 

• Koh-i-noor
• Majestic line

Model: Studio 29 Koh-I-Noor
Battery: 9 vot
Adapter: 
Year: 1979
Chip:  TMS0981   
Info: Made in Italy (RIETI) RCI

• History

Model: Summit K16
Battery:  9 volt
Adapter: 9 volt
Year: 1972
Chip: TMS0103NC
Info: Made in U.S.A

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Suonoparla Fonillo
Battery: 4 x AA alkaline                
AC adapter:
Year: 1987                      
Chip: TMP50C40A ( CD54169), CF60034
Info:This funny synthesizer based product from Texas Instruments generates a lot of different sounds and stores them into an internal memory to replay. (ITALY). TMP50C40A/CD54169: TSP50C50 VSP (Voice Synthesis Processor) with 8-bit microcontroller and 8k Bytes Mask ROM for both program and voice and 32 Bytes RAM.CF60034: Not yet discovered, probably a Port-Expander for the VSP

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Super Le dictee magique
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1992
Chip:
Info: Super Line

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Super Libro Parlante  
Battery: 4 x AA alkaline                
AC adapter:
Year: 1990                     
Chip: TSP50C42 (CSM42014), TSP60C19 (CMM19016)
Info:Nothing else than a 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.

• Console

Super NES. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo,Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America. In Japan, it is called the Super Famicom (SFC). In South Korea, it is called the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. The system was released in Brazil on August 30, 1993, by Playtronic. In Russia and CIS, the system was distributed by Steepler from 1994 until 1996. Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent cartridges for one version from being used in other versions.

 Donated from Marco Santini (IT)

Wikpedia Super Nintendo 

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Super Speak & Math
Battery: 4 x AA
AC adapter:
Year: 1991
Chip: TSP50C10 (CSM10047), TSP60C18 (CMM18001), Samsung KS0062
Info: With the Super Speak & line Texas Instruments introduced educational toys similar to the well known kids-computers with there small LCD-screens and ASCII-keyboards.

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Super Speak & Spell
Battery: 4 x AA
AC adapter:
Year: 1989 
Chip:
Info: TSP50C42 (CSM42019) TSP60C18 (CMM18004)  or TSP50C10 (CSM10087) HD44780

• Speak and Spell line

Model: Super Speak and Spell 2v
Battery: 4 x 1,5 C
AC adapter:
Year: 1992
Chip:
Info: 2 version

• Lcd Woman
• Booklet

Description: Super Thin Quartz digital watch

• XAM

Model: TE-8000
Battery: no
Adapter: AC 110 volt
Year: 1973
Chip: TMS0105         
Info:TE8000 is a four-function desk calculator from 1973, built with a Texas Instruments single-chip processor.

The calculator is housed in a rectangular plastic box finished in imitation woodgrain.

The main circuit board and the display tube board are fastened to the base with a pair of light metal brackets. A 2-pin mains connector and the power transformer are mounted at the rear of the box, with the power switch attached to the moulded top cover. The transformer secondaries are hard-wired to the circuit board.

The display uses a set of miniature eight-segment vacuum fluorescent tubes, Futaba type DG10R1. (The small eighth segment at the centre right gives a "proper" numeral 4, but the processor only drives the usual seven segments). Eight tubes are used for the numerical display, and one (at the right) for polarity and error indication.

The keyboard is built as a single module and is attached to the main board via a cable and edge connector.

The TMS-0105 series single-chip processors contain all of the calculator circuitry with the exception of the power supplies and display drivers.

The rather untidy circuit board has a simple power supply at the rear and the TMS-0105 chip in the centre. The anode drivers for the nine tubes are at the left, with the eight segment drivers (seven plus decimal point) at the right. The keyboard attaches to the edge connector at the bottom.

• Pong
• Console

Telegames Pong

In 1975, Atari started looking for ways to distribute their new home “Pong” system, but it wasn’t easy finding a distributor due to the track record that Magnavox had with the Odyssey. Retailers felt the price of the system was too expensive to draw an interest from the general public. After being rejected by numerous toys and electronics manufacturers Atari tried contacting Sears & Roebuck to see if they would have any better luck trying to work out a distribution agreement. They were directed to Tom Quinn who was the buyer for Sears’ sporting goods department, and he expressed interest but wanted the system demonstrated for a few executives first. Al Alcorn travelled to Chicago to demonstrate the pong home system prototype for the Sears executives and despite some minor technical issues with the prototype was able to obtain their approval.

Now that the executives gave their blessing, Quinn started to work with Nolan Bushnell to see if they could reach an agreement. Quinn wanted exclusive rights to the system as well as 150,000 systems before the holiday season. Bushnell agreed to the terms even though he knew that Atari would not be able to produce 150,000 units with their current facility. Atari acquired a new factory through funding by venture capitalist Don Valentine in order to produce the promised 150,000 units for Sears. In the end Atari was able to fulfill the order for Sears. All systems manufactured in 1975 were branded with Sears’ “Tele-Games” name but in 1976 Atari started releasing a version under their own brand name.

The success of home pong just like the video arcade version resulted in a multitude of clone pong consoles. Unlike the Magnavox Odyssey the home pong console and the clone consoles were only able to play one game “Pong”. Even with the limited ability of playing just one game the Pong systems became extremely popular and easily outsold the Odyssey. 

Sears’ first venture into video games was very successful and they decided to continue the partnership with Atari expanding the tele-games brand by offering other video game systems with built in games.  Atari continued to manufacture systems branding them with the Sears Tele-Games brand and by early 1977 many systems with built in games were released under both the Atari brand and the Sears Tele-Games brand.

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• History
• Audio Guide

The history of Texas Instruments.

Audio Guide

1930 Texas Instruments was officially born as GSI (Geophysical Service Incorporated), which deals with geological surveys
for the oil industry

1951 GSI changes its name to Texas Instruments Incorporated.

1954 TI launches a real technological revolution by making the first silicon transistor, which it will soon make germanium is
obsolete, and starting the production of the first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1.


1955 TI creates the first infrared image sensor 1958 by Jack St. Clair Kilby, develops the first integrated circuit (chip), that is,
a series of passive and active electronic components that are different but connected in a circuit way, capable of fulfilling to a
specific function and made on a single semiconductor material platform, through a single manufacturing process.
The invention of the integrated circuit will be worth the Nobel Prize in Physics in Kilby in 2000. Also in 1958 TI made the
first analog-to-digital converter.




1964 TI is launching a new family of digital-logic devices (Series 7400) technology, TTL (Transistor-transistor logic),
the wide variety of logic functions offered by these devices available, the decree will become a worldwide success
standard adopted by most semiconductor companies.


1967 TI developed the first prototype of a pocket calculator. This is a project called Cal Tech and is represented by a
calculator integrated circuits capable of performing the four basic arithmetic operations with a precision of 12 decimal
places. The keyboard consists of 18 keys and the results of the calculations is displayed on a paper tape by a small
built-in thermal printer. The Cal Tech, however, is not the first pocket calculator business model as the first pocket
calculator, developed in collaboration with their IT, will be sold by Canon in 1970, the not insignificant price
of $ 400 for that period.


1972 TI enters the market with the TI-2500 Datamath model, the cost of only $ 150. The calculator used for the first
time a single chip to perform all math functions. The device is the ancestor of the modern microprocessor, the invention
of which is attributed to both the RT to Intel.


1975 TI enters the market with quartz digital watches.


1978 TI developed the first microprocessor for speech kicking off the first production of portable language translators,
and a line of teaching aids speakers including the "Speak & Spell," or "Il Grillo Parlante" and immortalized in the
famous film Steven Spielberg, ET.



1981 TI debut in the world of home computers with the model equipped with a TI 99 TI 16-bit microprocessor, the TMS9900.
The computer, equipped with a 13-inch monitor is designed to work with special boxes that contain magnetic memory
management programs, entertainment or educational software and comes with an interesting voice module that can be
used to reproduce stored documents. The market reaction to the launch of TI 99 is good but the initial price of the computer
($ 525) is still considered excessive. In the same year launched a major operation of commercial promotion and marketing
that includes the involvement of schools and universities. The number of users of the TI 99 is growing rapidly and will
grow the library of software available. Under the pressure of the increased sales volume and especially the increasingly
fierce competition, the TI reduces the price of the TI 99 and only $ 299 in April 1982 appears to be the leading producer of
home computer. In early 1983, TI will further reduce the price of his computer at $ 100 and sells its millionth copy
distribution network now includes more than 20,000 stores around the world and are more than 2000 software
packages developed.

1982 TI produced its first DSP (digital signal processor), a microprocessor from highly specialized functions that can run
fast times in digital signal processing.


1988 sees the light of the first device Digital Light Processing (DLP) projectors that will be used on commercial video
only from the early years of the twenty-first century.


In the mid-nineties the company alive, perhaps one of its most difficult moments. The cyclical nature of the semiconductor
market seems to increase and big moments of elation are racing moments of deep depression and instability. The company,
similar to what happens for various companies competing, he decided to quit the business sectors to greater volatility,
including that of personal computers, the military, that of DRAM and software and focus on those sectors where may have
and maintain a position of commercial and technological supremacy. Several production centers are closed or sold to
competitors and thousands of redundant employees worldwide. At this time the sale of Italian sites located in
Rieti and TI Avezzano and the closure of the Aversa.

• Storia
• History
• Audio Guide

La Storia della Texas Instruments. 

Audio Guide

1930 La Texas Instruments nasce ufficialmente come GSI (Geophysical Service Incorporated), la quale si occupa di
rilevazioni geologiche per l'industria petrolifera

1951 GSI cambia la denominazione e diventa Texas Instruments Incorporated.

1954 la TI lancia una vera e propria rivoluzione tecnologica realizzando il primo transistor al silicio, che renderà ben presto
obsoleto il germanio, e dando il via alla produzione della prima radio a transistor, la Regency TR-1.


1955 la TI realizza il primo sensore di immagini ad infrarossi

1958  per opera di Jack St. Clair Kilby, sviluppa il primo circuito integrato (chip), ovvero una serie di componenti elettronici
passivi ed attivi diversi ma connessi in modo circuitale, in grado di adempiere ad una specifica funzione e realizzati su una
unica piattaforma di materiale semiconduttore, mediante un unico processo di lavorazione.
L'invenzione del circuito integrato varrà a Kilby nel 2000 il premio Nobel per la fisica.
Sempre nel 1958 la TI realizza il primo convertitore analogico-digitale.

1964 la TI introduce sul mercato una nuova famiglia di dispositivi logico-digitale (serie 7400), in tecnologia
TTL (Transistor-transistor logic), l'ampia varietà di funzioni logiche disponibili offerte da questi dispositivi,
ne decretano il successo mondiale e diventerà uno standard adottato dalla maggior parte delle aziende di semiconduttori.



1967 La TI sviluppa il primo prototipo di una calcolatrice tascabile. Si tratta del progetto denominato Cal Tech ed
è rappresentato da una calcolatrice a circuiti integrati in grado di eseguire le 4 operazioni aritmetiche fondamentali
con una precisione di 12 cifre decimali. La tastiera è composta da 18 tasti e il risultato dei calcoli viene visualizzato
su un nastro cartaceo da una piccola stampante termica incorporata. La Cal Tech non rappresenta comunque la prima
calcolatrice tascabile commerciale in quanto il primo modello di pocket calculator, sviluppato in collaborazione
proprio con la TI, verrà messo in vendita dalla Canon nel 1970, al prezzo non trascurabile per quel periodo di
400 dollari.


1972 la TI entra nel mercato con il modello TI-2500 Datamath, del costo di soli 150 dollari. La calcolatrice impiega
per la prima volta un singolo chip per la esecuzione di tutte le funzioni matematiche. Il dispositivo costituisce il
progenitore del moderno microprocessore, l'invenzione del quale è attribuita sia alla TI che alla Intel.


1975 La Texas Instruments entra nel mercato mondiale con i primi orologi al Quarzo.


1978 TI sviluppa il primo microprocessore per la sintesi vocale dando il via alla produzione dei primi traduttori
linguistici portatili e di una linea di supporti didattici parlanti tra i quali lo “Speak & Spell”, o “ Il Grillo Parlante “
e immortalato nel celebre film di Steven Spielberg, E.T.




1981 TI esordisce nel mondo degli home computer con il modello TI 99 fornito di un microprocessore TI a 16 bit,
il TMS9900. Il computer, fornito di un monitor a 13 pollici è progettato per funzionare con speciali cassette di memoria
magnetica che contengono programmi di gestione, intrattenimento o di software didattico e viene fornito di un interessante
modulo vocale che può essere utilizzato per riprodurre documenti memorizzati.
La reazione del mercato al lancio del TI 99 è buona ma il prezzo iniziale del computer (525 dollari) è giudicato ancora
eccessivo. Nello stesso anno viene avviata una grossa operazione di promozione commerciale e di marketing che prevede
il coinvolgimento di scuole e università. Il numero di utilizzatori del TI 99 cresce velocemente e cresce di pari
passo la libreria delle applicazioni software disponibili. Sotto la spinta dell'aumentato volume di vendite e soprattutto della
concorrenza sempre più agguerrita, la TI riduce il prezzo del TI 99 a soli 299 dollari e nell'aprile del 1982 risulta essere la
principale produttrice di home computer. Agli inizi del 1983 la TI riduce ulteriormente il prezzo del suo computer a
100 dollari e vende il suo millionesimo esemplare, la rete di distribuzione prevede ormai più di 20.000 negozi sparsi in tutto
il mondo e sono più di 2000 i pacchetti software sviluppati.


1982 la TI produce il suo primo dispositivo DSP (Digital signal processor), un microprocessore dalle funzioni estremamente
specializzate in grado di eseguire in tempi velocissimi elaborazioni di segnali digitali.


1988 vede la luce il primo dispositivo Digital Light Processing (DLP) che verrà impiegato su proiettori video commerciali
solo a partire dai primi anni del XXI secolo.


A metà degli anni novanta la compagnia vive forse uno dei suoi momenti più difficili. L'andamento ciclico del mercato dei
semiconduttori sembra accentuarsi e a momenti di grossa euforia si succedono rapidamente momenti di profonda
depressione e instabilità. L'azienda, analogamente a quanto accade per diverse compagnie concorrenti, decide di uscire
dai settori commerciali a maggiore volatilità, tra i quali quello dei personal computer, quello militare, quello del software e
delle memorie DRAM e di concentrarsi su quei settori strategici nei quali può vantare e mantenere una posizione di
supremazia commerciale e tecnologica.
Numerosi centri di produzione vengono chiusi o venduti alla concorrenza e migliaia di dipendenti licenziati in tutto il mondo.
Risale a questo periodo la vendita dei siti italiani TI localizzati a Rieti ed Avezzano e la chiusura del sito di Aversa.

• Texet

Model: TEXET 2001 scientific
Battery:  9 volt
Adapter: 
Year: 1976
Chip:  TMS0985
Info:

• TMS0972NL
• Texet

Model: TEXET 880
Battery:  9 volt
Adapter: 
Year: 
Chip:  TMS0972
Info: This is a nearly perfect copy of the TI-1250. Made in Homg Kong

• Computer
• 6502
• Commodore

THEC64 (2019). The C64 is back, this time in full size and featuring a fully functional keyboard for fans of the best-selling computer of all time. The included joystick has been upgraded with micro switches, making the built-in games more fun than ever. It allows you to load and save your own files and games via USB flash drive and to program in C64 or VIC-20 BASIC.

64 games included, with the option to add more

Alleykat, Anarchy, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Avenger, Battle Valley, Bear Bovver, Boulder Dash, Bounder, California Games, Chips Challenge, Confuzion, Cosmic Causeway, Cyberdyne Warrior, Cybernoid II, Deflektor, Destroyer, Everyone's a Wally, Firelord, Galencia, Gateway to Apshai, Gribbly's Day Out, Gridrunner (VIC 20), Heartland, Herobotix, Highway Encounter, Hover Bovver, Impossible Mission, Impossible Mission II, IO, Iridis Alpha, Jumpman, Mega Apocalypse, Mission AD, Monty Mole, Monty in fuga, Nebulus, Netherworld, Nodi di Yesod, Paradroid, Pitstop II, Planet of Death, Psychedelia (VIC 20), Ranarama, Robin of the Wood, Silicon Warrior, Skate Crazy, Speedball 2, Spindizzy, Steel, Street Sports Baseball , Street Sports Basketball, Summer Games II (include eventi Summer Games), Super Cycle, Sword of Fargoal, Temple of Apshai Trilogy,The Arc of Yesod, Thing Bounces Back, Thing on a Spring, Trailblazer, Uridium, Chi osa vince II, Giochi invernali, Giochi mondiali, Zynap.

Here it is on display at the World Chili Fair 2025

• History
• Overhead
• The Educator

• Computer
• Sega
• Commodore

THE Sega Megadrive (2025).

The Sega Mega Drive Flashback HD is a retro game console with 83 built-in games. It includes flagship titles like Sega Sonic and Phantasy Star, as well as save, pause, and rewind functions for every game. It is a remake of the original Sega Genesis console. Two wireless controllers (2.4GHz) and an HDMI output (720p) are included, along with an HDMI cable. The built-in cartridge holder can play original Sega Genesis games (no games included).

Features:

83 built-in classic games
An exceptional selection of Sega classics: Sonic series, Phantasy Star series, and Shining Force series
Two wireless controllers (2.4GHz) in the style of the original Sega Genesis/Mega Drive console
Save, pause, and rewind functions for every game
HDMI cable and 220V power supply included.

Here it is on display at the World Chili Fair 2025

• Computer
• Sinclair
• Z80
• Spectrum

THE Spectrum (2024) Relive the magic. A true masterpiece of extraordinary design, born to shine and deserve a place in an art gallery. Decorated in its iconic rainbow colors, this fun, eccentric, and extroverted machine rekindles the joy of simple, immediate games, bringing back that pure, spontaneous experience that modern gaming has slowly forgotten.With a timeless aesthetic and vibrant personality, The Spectrum is more than just an updated replica of the legendary 1980s home computer: it is a true interactive work of art, capable of offering everyone a nostalgic, exciting, and surprisingly contemporary gaming adventure.

Here it is on display at the World Chili Fair 2025

48 built-in games
Contains the best genre defining ZX Spectrum games, such as Manic Miner, Head Over Heels, Saboteur! Remastered, The Hobbit, Army Moves and The Great Escape.

Classic Mode
Switch to Classic Mode and dive into the full ZX Spectrum experience, complete with BASIC programming and virtual cassettes.

48K and 128K compatibility
Compatible with games for 48K to 128K ZX Spectrum models.

Save your progress
Save your progress in one of four save-game slots per game, and return at any time.

Rewind mode
Rewind your gameplay at any time by up to 40 seconds to help you get through those difficult levels!

Extended colours
Supports the ULAplus™ colour mode for richer colour palettes that can be applied to any game.

Load your own
Load and play the programs you already own, optionally with the cassette loading effects you remember.

Display frames
Surround your gameplay with one of 12 attractive frames.

HDMI
High Definition output at 720p 50 or 60Hz.

Four USB ports
Four USB ports support the connection of joysticks, gamepads and USB sticks.

Compatible with game controllers
Compatible with many USB game controllers.

• Majestic line

Model: TI business analyst I LED
Battery: 9 volt or RK2
Adapter: AC9132
Year: 1981
Chip: TMC0982         
Info: MAJESTIC line 

• First lcd and Slimline lcd

Model: TI business analyst II lcd
Battery: 2 x LR44
Adapter: 
Year: 1980
Chip:  TPO322
Info:  first LCD and slimline LCD 

• Majestic line

Model: TI business analyst
Battery: BP5 , BP8
Adapter: AC9131 , AC9132
Year: 1978
Chip: TMC0982         
Info: MAJESTIC line 

• History