Video Brain

From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit_at_primenet.com>
Date: Sun Jul 13 19:17:51 1997

On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, COMMPUTERSEUM/Kevin Stumpf wrote:

>
> >Sam Ismail wrote:
> > One of the
> >> systems he mentioned he had was a Video Brain. Apparently this is a
> >> video game system. I *think* I vaguely remember hearing about this
> >> system. At any rate I'm curious about it and was wondering if anybody
> >> knew what it was as we both had too much tequila for him to describe and
> >> for me to comprehend it.
> >Video brain was made by a firm called UMTECH, used a microprocessor
> >called F8 and had 1 to 4K of RAM memory. It was possible to store the
> >data on cassette and, you are right there, it had many plug-in
> >cartridges with games on them. It was sold mainly through departments
> >stores and specialty electronic stores (at least that is what "A
> >Collector's guide to personal computers" book has to say about it)
> >

I remeber reading a little blurb about Video Brain in the April 1981
Creative Computing. Essentially, by that time the company had gone out
of business. . .
Received on Sun Jul 13 1997 - 19:17:51 BST