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content/museum/binatone-tv-master-mk-10-model-n-01-4834.md

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+title: Binatone TV Master MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4834)
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- United Kingdom
+years:
+- '1977'
+cpus:
+- General Instruments AY-3-8610
+params:
+  name: TV Master MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4834)
+  image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_1.jpg
+  company: /companies/binatone
+  company_name: Binatone
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: TV Master MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4834)
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Binatone
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: United Kingdom
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: ? 1977
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: '10 games : target 1, target 2, basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey'
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Two detachable paddles with analog joystick and fire button
+  - label: CPU
+    value: General Instruments AY-3-8610
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Start, Manual serve, game selection
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: power on/off, speed slow/fast, player 1 bat size (large/small), player 2 bat size (large/small), service auto/manual
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen & on plastic case
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Minimalist beeps via the TV speakers or built-in speakers ?
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output, 2 x controller plugs
+  - label: OS
+    value: 6 x 1.5v HP-2 batteries
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: External power supply unit, 9V DC @ 150mA
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  photos:
+  - title: BASE UNIT
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_mk10_base_1.jpg
+  - title: TV MASTER MK 10
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_2.jpg
+  - title: 'PIC #2'
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_box.jpg
+  - title: CONTROLLER
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_mk10_controller.jpg
+  - title: BOX
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_box_2.jpg
+  comments:
+  - author: Alleged_Geek (UK)
+    date: Friday 23rd July 2021
+    text: I can confirm that this system uses the AY-3-8610 chip. I recently won this beautiful old system at auction and it came in its original box which also included the instruction manual (which also has the circuit diagram) I had to make a minor repair and took a photo of the chip in question.
+  - author: Maggie (SE England)
+    date: Wednesday 18th July 2012
+    text: I have one to sell, boxed and in excellent condition, was gonna try a boot sale but want more than a pound for it
+  - author: Ian Smith
+    date: Saturday 2nd July 2011
+    text: I bought one of these at a car boot sale for £1 and it still works! Most modern consoles go wrong after a year or two. The sound comes out of the console, not the TV.
+  - author: Martin (GB)
+    date: Thursday 23rd December 2010
+    text: I used to have one, that is all I can probably add, apart from that I believe the sound came out of the TV, not an internal speaker.
+  - author: joe (uk)
+    date: Friday 11th February 2005
+    text: just wondering if any1 has any info on the price of this, ive been informed they're in short supply
+  oc_id: 1038
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001115/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1038
+    date: '2023-06-13'
+---
+
+This pong is one of the many Binatone systems. As its name indicates, it offers 10 games : 8 pong games (basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey) and 2 shooting games (target 1, target 2). It is the most complete of the Binatone TV Master serie (black & white pongs).
+
+In order to understand how this system fits into the Binatone pong range, here is simplified list of the systems :
+
+TV Master MK IV\
+TV Master 4 plus 2\
+TV Master MK 6\
+TV Master MK 8\
+TV Master MK 10
+
+Colour TV Game\
+Colour TV Game 4 plus 2\
+Colour TV Game MK 6\
+Colour TV Game MK 10
+
+The TV master serie are black & white pongs (first generation). The **TV Master MK 10** system is the same as the [Colour TV Game MK 10](/museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-mk-10-model-n-01-4842/) except that games are in black & white, while the Colour TV game displays colour games.
+
+Game selection is made through 10 individual push buttons. The two detachable controllers are composed of an analog joystick and a fire button. The shape of the plastic case is different from the [Binatone Colour TV Game MK 10](/museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-mk-10-model-n-01-4842/), which is to be noted as the Colour TV game systems usually use the same one as their TV Master counterparts.
+
+Interestingly enough, both shooting games are not played with a light gun but directly with the analog joysticks.
+
+This system seems is powered by a General Instruments AY-3-8610 chipset, which equiped a lot of other pong systems.