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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
86 lines
2.4 KiB
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86 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
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title: 'Coleco Telstar Classic - Model #6045'
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categories:
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- Pongs
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1976'
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cpus:
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- GI AY-3-8500
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params:
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name: 'Telstar Classic - Model #6045'
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image: /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar_classic.jpg
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company: /companies/coleco
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company_name: Coleco
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: 'Telstar Classic - Model #6045'
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Coleco
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1976'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: |-
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1 - Tennis (2 players)\
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2 - Hockey (2 players)\
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3 - Handball (1 player)
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: 2 built-in paddles
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- label: CPU
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value: GI AY-3-8500
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- label: SPEED
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value: On/Off, Reset
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Difficulty Beginner/intermediate/Pro
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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 beeper
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: TV RF video output
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- label: OS
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value: Unknown
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Unknown
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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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- links
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photos:
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- title: TELSTAR CLASSIC
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar_classic_2.jpg
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- title: BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar_classic_box.jpg
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links:
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- title: The story of the Telstar systems
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url: http://www.pong-story.com/coleco.htm
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text: PONG STORY.COM has nice pages dedicated to the Telstar systems
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related:
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- /museum/coleco-telstar
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- /museum/coleco-telstar-colormatic-model-6130
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- /museum/coleco-telstar-colortron
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- /museum/coleco-telstar-ranger
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oc_id: 667
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152855/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=667
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date: '2023-06-13'
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---
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After the release of the Telstar (the first "dedicated-chip" pong system) in 1976 which was a big success, Coleco conceived a whole range of pongs for release at Christmas 1977.
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This pong is identical to the original Telstar but with a big deluxe wooden frame.
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There's a 3 positions switch that controls difficulty (beginner : slow ball, big paddles / advanced : fast ball, big paddles / expert : fast ball, small paddles). If this is common to the first Telstars, this is quite different from most of the other pong systems which offer individual settings.
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