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  • The Prinztronic tournament colour programmable 2000, a member of the PC-50x Family.
    The Prinztronic tournament colour programmable 2000, a member of the PC-50x Family.

History

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A park near Horsham, Pennsylvania. General Instrument was based in Horsham.

The first PC-50X console was released in 1975.[1][2] The system was designed to be low cost,[3] and over two hundred variants of based on the PC-50X design were made.[1]

The PC-50x Family petered out over the course of the 1980's.[1][2]

Technology

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PC-50X consoles made use of various General Instrument chips housed in cartridges[1], essentially making these pong consoles in cartridges, with the console simply being a power supply and interface for controllers and the television.[4] Cartridges held as many as 10 variations of a game.[5]

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Console Variants

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  • Acetronic-Telesports-IV
    Acetronic-Telesports-IV
  • BANDAI TV JACK 5000
    BANDAI TV JACK 5000
  • Binatone Superstar
    Binatone Superstar
  • Grandstand Video Sports Center SD070
    Grandstand Video Sports Center SD070
  • Hanimex SD 070 Colour
    Hanimex SD 070 Colour
  • Hanimex TVG 070C with cartridge
    Hanimex TVG 070C with cartridge
  • Hanimex TVG-070C with cartridge and joysticks.
    Hanimex TVG-070C with cartridge and joysticks.
  • Jeu Video Cassette Interchangeables Tele-sports III
    Jeu Video Cassette Interchangeables Tele-sports III
  • Monarch CTX-2000 programmable video computer
    Monarch CTX-2000 programmable video computer
  • Polycon PG-7
    Polycon PG-7
  • Poppy TVG 10
    Poppy TVG 10
  • Radofin Tele-Sports III
    Radofin Tele-Sports III
  • Soundic SD 50 Programmable game
    Soundic SD 50 Programmable game
  • Soundic SD 90 Programmable game
    Soundic SD 90 Programmable game
  • ITMC Soundic SD 90
    ITMC Soundic SD 90
  • ITMC tele eu SD 90
    ITMC tele eu SD 90
  • TAKATOKU Video Cassetty Lock
    TAKATOKU Video Cassetty Lock
  • Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 2000 Console Internals
    Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 2000 Console Internals

Cartridges

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  • Exploded view of an Alltronic 7000 cartridge.
    Exploded view of an Alltronic 7000 cartridge.
  • A cartridge containing an AY-3-8500.
    A cartridge containing an AY-3-8500.
  • Cartridge base.
    Cartridge base.
  • Cartridge front.
    Cartridge front.
  • Cartridge rear.
    Cartridge rear.
  • Cartridge board back.
    Cartridge board back.
  • Cartridge board front.
    Cartridge board front.

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at PC-50x Family

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: PC-50X family

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d "PC50X Family". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. ↑ a b "Prinztronic Tournament 5000 - Game Console - Computing History". www.computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "The PC-50x Family games and game console information". Vox Odyssey. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Cole's Nerd-stuff Blog". nerdstuffbycole.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "General Instrument PC-50x cartridge (1977 - early 1980s)". Museum of Obsolete Media. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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