Full content from the completed page crawl (media download still running)

6,654 pages: 1,289 machines, 702 software, 460 companies, 64 history, 17 articles, 59 fun.
4,336 media files so far; references to files not downloaded yet are left out.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ

content/museum/mbo-tele-ball-ix.md

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+title: MBO Tele-Ball IX
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- Germany
+years:
+- '1978'
+cpus:
+- AY-3-8610 from General Instruments ?
+params:
+  name: Tele-Ball IX
+  image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_teleball-9_1.jpg
+  company: /companies/mbo
+  company_name: MBO
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Tele-Ball IX
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: MBO
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: Germany
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: ? 1978
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: target 1, target 2, basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Two detachable controllers with knob and button
+  - label: CPU
+    value: AY-3-8610 from General Instruments ?
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Game selection, reset, start ?
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Power on/off, Speed fast/slow, Ball angle 20°/40°, Bat size large/small, Service auto/manual
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen & on case
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 'Yes'
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Built-in speaker
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output
+  - label: OS
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'Yes'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - software
+  - links
+  screenshots:
+  - title: TENNIS
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_tennis_ss.gif
+  - title: FOOTBALL / SOCCER
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_football_ss.gif
+  - title: HOCKEY
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_hockey_ss.gif
+  - title: BASKETBALL
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_basket_ss.gif
+  - title: GRIDBALL
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8500_gridball_ss.gif
+  links:
+  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
+    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
+    text: ''
+  comments:
+  - author: Adrian Scheel (Germany)
+    date: Friday 8th October 2010
+    text: This is by far the rarest tele-ball system. I only came across 3 speciments of which 2 were strangely found in Italy hence all other tele-ball systems were sold in Germany. If any one of you has a box for this system please contact me over my website :-)
+  related:
+  - /museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-mk-10-model-n-01-4842
+  - /museum/ingersoll-xk-410c
+  - /museum/saft-leclanche-tv8-sports
+  - /museum/universum-color-tv-multi-spiel-4010
+  oc_id: 1162
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011007/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1162
+    date: '2023-06-14'
+---
+
+MBO, a popular German electronics manufacturer, produced a large serie of pong systems named "tele-ball" with numbers ranging from 1 to 9 (or more ?). Though they had some cosmetic differences, all these systems were very close to each other in terms of functionality.
+
+The **Tele-Ball IX** plays 10 games in color : target 1, target 2, basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis and ice hockey. It seems to be the most complete pong of the Tele-Ball systems, thanks to its (popular) AY-3-8600 General Instruments chipset.
+
+<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>