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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
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title: GAMATIC 7600
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categories:
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- Pongs
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origins:
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- Korea
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years:
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- '1977'
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cpus:
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- TMS-1965 from Texas Instruments
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params:
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name: '7600'
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image: /media/museum/photos/gamatic_7600_1s.jpg
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company: /companies/gamatic
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company_name: GAMATIC
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: '7600'
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Gamatic
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Korea
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- label: YEAR
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value: ? 1977
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Tennis, Hockey, Squash, Practice
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Two detachable controllers with one knob each
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- label: CPU
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value: TMS-1965 from Texas Instruments
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- label: SPEED
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value: Game Reset
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Game selection, Ball Angle (20°/40°), Ball Speed (rapide/lent), Player Size (petit/grand), Automatic service (on/off) & Power switch
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- label: RAM
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value: On screen
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- label: COLORS
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value: Black & white
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- label: SOUND
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value: Built-in speaker
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 27 (L) x 14.5 (D) x 5 (H) cm
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: RF TV video output, power in
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- label: OS
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value: 6 x CM2 cell batteries
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External power supply (9V DC, 360 mW)
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: 'No'
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- label: PRICE
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value: Unknown
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tabs:
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- photos
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- software
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photos:
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- title: GAMATIC 7600
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Boneless for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/gamatic_7600_1.jpg
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comments:
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- author: Housemartins (Greece)
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date: Monday 21st October 2019
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text: |-
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I have just recently cleaned it up and put it back in operation, very nice machine, robust and reliable.\
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My contribution is a VIDEO OUT RCA jack in order to be plugged to a monitor or a modern TV:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v$kH6-0FBgE24
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- author: Anders Fraser (Somerset / UK)
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date: Monday 16th September 2019
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text: I also have one of these but one of the main resistors has burnt-out (first resistor off the positive feed, after the large cap). Think the first value was brown but can''t make anything else out, if anyone could help I would be very grateful.
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- author: Nick Blackburn (Isle of Man, UK)
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date: Friday 3rd February 2017
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text: |-
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Hi I have one of these lovely old consoles.
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It was in a very sorry state when I got it, but its been cleaned up, resoldered where required and broken parts fixed.
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It works really well and its just so refreshing to to play a simple yet addictive game of pong.
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software:
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- /software/squash-also-known-as-jai-alai-pelote-basque
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oc_id: 1290
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001301/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1290
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date: '2023-06-13'
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---
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The Gamatic 7600 is a classic pong system sold worldwide under many different brands, as the [Grandstand T.V. Game Model 2000](/museum/grandstand-t-v-game-model-2000/) for example, or the [Univox 41N](/museum/univox-41n/).
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The system itself seems to have been made in Korea. The electronic board is labeled "F'GAMATIC-7600". Indeed many Gamatic 7600 systems identical to this one can be found worldwide, the earliest one being a japanese Gamatic 7600 system released in 1976.
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The case design is not particularly original: black rectangle with two detachable controllers and a wide control panel at the top. The controllers are also rectangular with a dial to move the bat on screen and a red button each, one to serve (left player) and the other to reset the game (right player).
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As almost all systems powered by the TMS-1965 chipset from Texas Instruments, the Univox 41N offers 4 pong games : Hockey, Pelote, Tennis and Entrainement delivered by this specialised chip (the TMS-1965 was pin-to-pin compatible with the more popular AY-3-8500 chip from General Instruments)
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On the control panel can be found the usual setting switches: ball speed (slow/fast), automatic service (on/off), game selection, rebound angle (20°/40°), paddle size (small/big) and power switch. The system can be powered by six CM2 battery cells or through an external power supply (9v DC, 360 mW).
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