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Texas Instruments Tipp & Sprich

Date of introduction:	1982	Display technology:	n.a.
New price:		Display size:
Size:	10.0" x 14.3" x 1.6" 254 x 362 x 41 mm³
Weight:	36.5 ounces, 1034 grams	Serial No:
Batteries:	2*D cells	Date of manufacture:	wk 31 year 1988
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	USA
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	CD8012, CD2802, CD62172
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner
		Download manuals:	(DE: 3.8M Bytes) (DE: 5.8M Bytes)

Nothing else than a Touch & Tell with German voices stored in the Speech-ROM.

This educational toy was rated by Texas Instruments for children aged between 3 and 6 years compared to the US rating between 2 and 5 years.

Dismantling this Tipp & Sprich manufactured in July 1988 by Texas Instruments in the United States reveals a design centered around three Integrated Circuits:

• CD8012: 4-bit TMS1100 microcontroller with 2k Bytes ROM and 128*4 Bits RAM
• TMC0280/CD2802: TMS5110A VSP (Voice Synthesis Processor)
• TMC0350/CD62172: VSM (Voice Synthesis Memory) with 128k Bits Capacity

The next evolution step is the Lesefreund introducing two position sensitive keyboards in a foldable housing to accept small booklets.

Texas Instruments stopped the development of this educational line in 1993 with the cute Teddy, der sprechende Baer.

The Tipp & Sprich stores more voices that any other Touch & Tell variation in its internal memory. We noticed the following overlay panels: a,b,c,d,2a,2b,2c,2d,3a,3b,3c,3d,4a,4b.

The Tipp & Sprich is featured in the Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH leaflet Spielen macht schlau dated 1991.

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