All machines linked to their forum thread (full comment import)

1,289 discussions, 9,527 archived comments; pages no longer carry the comments themselves.

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

content/museum/rowtron-television-computer-system.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ params:
   - software
   - emulators
   - links
+  forum_thread: 710
   photos:
   - title: TELEVISION COMPUTER SYSTEM
     subtitle: ''
@@ -94,58 +95,6 @@ params:
   - title: VC4000.de
     url: http://www.vc4000.de
     text: Website dedicated to the Interton VC4000 (in German)
-  comments:
-  - author: Michelle (Lancs)
-    date: Tuesday 21st November 2017
-    text: I''ve still got the rowtron tv console with 10 games
-  - author: stinky ox (United Kingdom)
-    date: Friday 10th March 2017
-    text: |-
-      Just confirming that I wasn''t crazy remembering I got one of these in 1979: here''s an ad from the shop I bought it from in Basingstoke, dated Dec 1979.
-
-      http://minotaurproject.co.uk/YakImages/videotime.jpg
-  - author: Steve (UK)
-    date: Monday 25th July 2016
-    text: Does anyone have a picture of the original PSU, I see conflicting information for the voltage and amperage. I have an original Rowtron TCS from my childhood but its lost the PSU, I want to be double sure I have the right spec before trying anything that will damage it!
-  - author: Adam (London)
-    date: Tuesday 4th February 2014
-    text: |-
-      Hi all,
-
-      I wrote up a pretty in depth review of the rowtron console last year. Check it out:
-
-      http://dustyoldgames.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/rowtron-television-computer-system.html
-  - author: Sven
-    date: Friday 23rd March 2012
-    text: The mpt numbers quoted on the products were related to radio emissions compliance.
-  - author: stinky ox (UK)
-    date: Sunday 11th December 2011
-    text: |-
-      I can confirm this system was available at least 2 years before 1981. I bought mine from a shop called Videotime in Basingstoke, in 1979. That shop was a regular hangout for the computer nerds from QMC - they stocked the Atari VCS and the Ohio Superboard as well as this. I desperately wanted a computer but couldn''t afford one in those pre-Clive days, and I couldn''t afford the more inviting Atari VCS either, so ended up getting the Teleng branded version of this instead (partly because of the promised future Programmer Module, but I never did see one of those, and before too long I had my ZX80 anyway).
-
-      Still, I had a fair bit of fun with the Teleng, even if the software wasn''t a patch on the best VCS games. Took it with me to university where it shared an old black and white valve telly (that I''d bought off a granny in Reading for a fiver) with my zx80.
-
-      Eventually replaced by a real VCS that I convinced myself I could afford to buy if I ate nothing but beans for a term.
-
-      I wish I knew what happened to the old beast now. I''d definitely fire it up for a go of Gravity Tennis and that pinball with the flippers that looked like giant crinkle-cut chips.
-  - author: Richard
-    date: Sunday 20th November 2011
-    text: Discovered mine today, will try it out this week, have all 21 games the one with the din plug was a programmer module which you plugged into it, still looking for mine but i have the cartridge. Can''t wait to play tank battle once more!
-  - author: Webmaster (France)
-    date: Monday 4th July 2011
-    text: Hi Claire. It means that these games are supposed to exit, but no one confirmed them yet. Can you ?
-  - author: claire
-    date: Wednesday 8th June 2011
-    text: Why are there 3 games showing as unconfirmed, what does this mean please?
-  - author: Ian Gledhill (Aberystwyth, Wales)
-    date: Friday 19th November 2010
-    text: Looking at my Teleng TCS, everything is dated 1979, around week 13 (2650AI) to week 38 (UM1233). Weirdly, it has 2 modulators, a UM 1263 and a UM 1233. Now to find a +15V PSU....! I also have a load of boxed carts, including one with a DIN plug??? Goodness knows what it''s for...
-  - author: ZiG (England)
-    date: Friday 6th August 2010
-    text: Me mam still wont let me have mine out her attic, she thinks i''ll break it pmsl, seriously. Used to hammer a space invaders clone on that back when I was about 8 (32 now). Always remember it being hard to find games for, after seeing recently how many were released, I''m not surprised.
-  - author: K3D (Wales)
-    date: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
-    text: Still got one of these in the attic. Think its best left there :P
   related:
   - /museum/acetronic-mpu-1000-2000
   - /museum/cabel-universal-game-computer