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mondo 90 00Model:  Jingle Ball ITALY 1990       
Battery: 2 x AA volt battery
                       
AC adapter: NO
Year: 
1990                            
Chip: TI Custom

Info:Jingle Ball – 1990 Italy World Cup Musical Ball (National Anthems). RAI 1990 Courtesy of SACIS; imported by Texas Instruments. Ball featuring national anthems: press a flag to sing the anthem of the selected nation.

 

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italia

usa
espana
brasile
uruguay
argentina
ussr
 

 


 

merlin 00merlin 01

Model:  Merlin
Battery: 1 x 9 volt                       
AC adapter:
Year: 
1980                                   
Chip: TMS1100 / MP3404

Info: 
Merlin (also known as Merlin The Electronic Wizard, stylized as MERLIN) is a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978.

The game was invented by former NASA employee Bob Doyle, his wife Holly, and brother-in-law Wendl Thomis.Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games, selling over 5 million units during its initial run, as well as one of the most long-lived, remaining popular throughout the 1980s. A version of the game was re-released in 2004 by the Milton Bradley Company.

 

 

 

Wikipedia - Merlin Parker Brothers


 

monkey seemonkey see 00Model: Monkey See 
Battery: 9 volt 

AC adapter:
Year: 1985

Chip: TMS1000 / MP0271

Info:This wonderful educational toy is not related to Texas Instruments. It is just for comparision with the rare MATH MAGIC and its sibling WIZ-A-TRON. With this MONKEY SEE Radio Shack changed from the original "calculator chip" MM5780 to a pre-programmed 4-bit microcontroller from Texas Instruments.


 

mr mus i calModel: Mr MUS-I-CAL
Battery: 9 volt 

AC adapter: no
Year: 1979

Chip: TMS1000/MP3206

Info: 

 

 

 

 

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Language Translatorrobot logo 03Model:  Robot Logo        robot logo 02
Battery: 4 x  1,5 C+ 2 x 9 volt
                       
AC adapter:
Year: 
1982                                   
Chip: TMS5100 / MP3468 / CM62191

Info: Talking radio-controlled, 6 minutes of speech with more than 40 sentences, led lights and backward movement by pressing the remote control