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INTERTON Video 3000

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1978

AY-3-8500 from General Instruments

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INTERTON

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NAME	Video 3000

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MANUFACTURER	INTERTON

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ORIGIN	Germany

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YEAR	1978

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	Tennis, Football, Practice, Squash, Skeet, Moving target

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KEYBOARD	Two knobs built-in the case

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CPU	AY-3-8500 from General Instruments

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SPEED	Serve, Reset

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CO-PROCESSOR	Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto

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RAM	On screen

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COLORS	Black & white

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SOUND	Built-in speaker

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I/O PORTS	RF TV video output, Gun connector

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OS	9v battery

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POWER SUPPLY	9v DC

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PERIPHERALS	Yes

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PRICE	40£ (UK, 19??)

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CONTROL PANEL			/media/museum/photos/interton_video3000_panel.jpg

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INSIDE			/media/museum/photos/interton_video3000_inside.jpg

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BOX			/media/museum/photos/interton_3000_box_1.jpg

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152855/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=687	2023-06-13

One more pong from the famous German manufacturer. This one has no paddles but only two control knobs built-in the system. The case is the same as the one used for the 2800, but compared to that one, two knobs and many options are missing.

Well, at least, this system includes a lightgun option. In fact, it's a 2400-like system with the shooting games of the AY-3-8500 chipset implemented.

It was designed to be sold worldwide as there are no text but only logical pictograms.

There is also a knob on the upper left used to adjust the TV output channel, or at least something to stabilize the output signal..

There was another "special feature" (uh, a bug, that is...): if you moved the game selector knob *between* any two of the games, a Football game appeared, where the left player had 3 paddles on the screen instead of only two... This bug which can be experienced on many pong systems is explained by specialist David Winter on the Magiclick Teleclick page.

There is also a model 3001 wich has a color display. Case variations and label variations ("Interton" or "Interton Video") can be found.

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