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"ULTRA RARE - Texas Instruments Language Translator and Cartridge. Made in 1980 and famously used by Kraftwerk on the Computer World album. Follow this link for more info. This is an utterly cool piece of retro kit. Bright green fluorescent display, TI's famous robot voices, runs from 4 AA batteries or a standard ac adapter, has a built-in speaker, audio output and volume control. But, if you are looking at this then you probably know all about it anyway. This one works perfectly, is in great condition and complete (including battery cover). As well as the voice functions (spoken words, phrases and letters/numbers that you can type in) it also makes all the usual blips and beeps like the Speak & Spell and other similar TI units. The only minor cosmetic faults are a couple of small indentations on the metal grille covering the speaker. These could be easily removed with a bit of care. Originally designed for word and phrase translation, it can translate between French and English, Spanish or German in either direction, and is complete with the French voice cartridge (tres sexy!) and a printed copy of the manual. I will also include a set of new batteries."
Ultra Rare? I got one, must not be so ultra rare. The cool thing is that you can stick different language carts in it.
ReplyDeleteThey sure are rare - rare as rocking horse sh1t. Try and get another one and you'll see how rare they are. I'd love one, but haven't seen one on uk EBay ever.
ReplyDeleteHave two, one case, powers up. Got them from the TI Engineer
DeleteI have one - just found it in the attic of the old house we've bought…. whats the going price??
ReplyDeleteI'm italian. I have a language translator Texas Instruments Speek and Spell. How much does it cost? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a german cartridge?..barrybeentjes@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteTengo uno
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have the English and German cartridge?
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