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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: Binatone TV Master MK 8 (model n° 01 / 4823)
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categories:
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- Pongs
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origins:
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- United Kingdom
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years:
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- '1977'
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cpus:
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- General Instruments AY-3-8600 ?
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params:
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name: TV Master MK 8 (model n° 01 / 4823)
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image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-8_1.jpg
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company: /companies/binatone
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company_name: Binatone
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: TV Master MK 8 (model n° 01 / 4823)
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Binatone
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: United Kingdom
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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: 8 games
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Two detachable paddles with analog joysticks
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- label: CPU
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value: General Instruments AY-3-8600 ?
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- label: SPEED
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value: Start, Manual serve ?
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: playing options (bat size, ball speed, service...)
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- label: RAM
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value: On screen
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- label: COLORS
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value: 'No'
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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: Unknown
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: RF TV video output
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- label: OS
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value: Yes (unknown spec)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External power supply unit
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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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photos:
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- title: TV MASTER MK 8
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to [www.computissimo.ch](http://www.computissimo.ch/) for this picture.
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image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-8_2.jpg
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comments:
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- author: Nick Brooke (Rugby)
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date: Tuesday 3rd January 2017
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text: The system was pre 1977 I had one in 1976 which is when i believe it came out
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- author: Geoff Ingram (Banbury)
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date: Wednesday 4th November 2015
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text: Hi, I''ve jsut bought one of these on Ebay (I had one as a child) but whilst I can hear it start up and play, I can''t get anything on the tv screen - despite re-tuning the tv. Any ideas please? It should still work on a modern tv shouldn''t it? Cheers....
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- author: Fatboyfun (Bristol, England)
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date: Saturday 26th January 2008
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text: I had one of these and i remember that if you turned the dial halfway between games you could make new games based on the two games on either side, Like half football, half squash, Great fun for an 8 year old.
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- author: RS (UK)
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date: Monday 20th August 2007
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text: I had one of these waaaay back. Eventually cut the joysticks off and plumbed them in to my BBC Micro Analogue port.
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- author: Lee Carter (UK)
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date: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
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text: I have one of these units, but with the model number 01/4923 rather than 4823. I imagine this is the model number of the UK PAL Unit.
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oc_id: 1037
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001052/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1037
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date: '2023-06-13'
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---
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This pong is one of the many Binatone systems. As its name indicates, it offers 8 games. In order to understand how this system fits into the Binatone pong range, here is simplified list of the systems :
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TV Master MK IV\
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TV Master 4 plus 2\
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TV Master MK 6\
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TV Master MK 8\
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TV Master MK 10
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Colour TV Game\
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Colour TV Game 4 plus 2\
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Colour TV Game MK 6\
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Colour TV Game MK 10
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The first serie, TV Master systems, are all black & white pongs, whereas later Colour TV games have colour display. There do not seem to be an equivalent of the TV master MK 8 in the Colour TV Game serie (8 games); mostly because there were no pong-in-a-chip chipset offering 8 colour games available.
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Game selection is made through a big rotating knob placed at the centre of the system case. The two detachable analog joysticks can be stored in slide-in compartments located on both sides of the case. The shape of this plastic case is fairly common and many pongs could be found with the same design.
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This system seems to be powered by a General Instruments AY-3-8600 chipset(anyone can confirm ?).
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