rarest computers

[Adrian Graham]

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> Sent: 03 August 2004 18:20
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> > I have one of these, but I'm missing most of the overlays. Also the 
> > rifle for some of the games is long since trashed. Some day 
> I'll dig 
> > the thing out and see if the system itself still works.
> 
> I got one of mine working recently.  It was pretty cool to 
> see it actually work for the first time.

Nice! Mine's NTSC and I need to build a game cable so I can plug it into
the tv card in my peecee. Wouldn't surprise me if it was dead.

It's been disassembled here:

http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Magnavox/odyssey.php

'all' that circuitry can generate is 2 player objects, a ball object and
optionally a net object down the middle. Top stuff!

Cheers

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adrian/witchy
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