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~~{{WIP}}The precursor to the Toy aisle console, educational~~ These computers ~~became a new market In the 80s, simplified systems~~ are designed ~~to be~~ for educational ~~and ease of use~~purposes. these ~~computers started to died out~~ system were usually only sold and used in the late 1990s, when the [https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Strange_and_forgotten_consoles#Toy_aisle_consoles Toy Aisle Consoles] started to appeal to parents looking for something similar to the more mainstream systems but with a bigger focus on safe, usually educational content. by the early 2000s, these kind of consoles had almost completely taken over the market these computers once controlledschools.

~~NOTE - Not all educational computers belong here, a large majority of them are clones or re-skins not noteworthy enough to be added~~

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|~~Buzz Lightyear Star Command Laptop~~ABACUS Educational Computer|~~2009~~1971|~~VTech~~Feedback

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|~~Children's Discovery System~~CNC-9606 Notebook|~~1981~~1997 |~~Mattel~~Comet

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

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|~~The Children's Discovery System (CDS) is one of earliest examples of~~ |Released during the ~~modern educational computer we currently see in~~ 90s coupon craze that Turkey had. the ~~toy aisles today~~CNC9606 was given out by Turkish newspapers after exchanging a coupon for it. ~~There's no mouse support like most computers of~~ It was designed to be both a simple PDA and a tool to teach basic English and Computer skills. there were different versions depending on the newspaper you sent the ~~era~~coupon to, some had floppy drives and ~~only~~ expansion ports while other had ~~three modes built in at launch~~those features removed. ~~the CDS software could be expanded though cartridges. only 16 of the 21 advertised cartridges~~ it's unknown how many were ~~released~~given out.

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|~~FX-Micom FX-マイコン~~Hektor

|1981

|~~Gakken~~Open University| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good~~|No~~

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~~|Master Pad FM~~

~~|2001~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|Math Starter~~

~~|1988~~

~~|Fisher Price~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|Mega Duck Super Junior Computer~~

~~|1995~~

~~|Welback Holdings~~

~~|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent~~

~~|No~~

|Released around 1995, the Super Junior was Welback Holdings attempt to save their Mega Duck platform by turning it into educational computer, similar to what VTech was producing at the time. it didn't work and was quickly discontinued. Since its just a Mega Duck in a laptop shaped case, the 12 cartridges released for it should run just fine in MAME.

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~~|Mouse Computer~~

~~|1992~~

~~|Texas Instruments~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|My Own Leaptop~~

~~|2010~~

~~|LeapFrog~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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|~~Sensu~~Micro-~~Puter (Math Master)~~Professor EPB-MPF-1B

|1984

|~~Epoch (JP) Grandstand (UK)~~Multitech|style="background:~~gainsboro~~Gainsboro;"|None|No

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~~|SmarTV~~

~~|2002~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|Texas Instruments~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|NA~~

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|~~Talking Computron~~PT501|~~1986~~1979|~~Sears~~Open University|style="background:~~gainsboro~~Gainsboro;"|None|No|~~The Talking Computron has a Red 8x1 LCD Screen, 19 activities~~[https://~~games built in, and had a speech synthesis capabilities that were impressive for the time~~www. ~~Sears also sold four cartridges for extra content at their stores as well~~old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=817 OC]||- id="R"| colspan="7" style="background: #ECECEC;"| '''R''' {{IndexComp}}

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|~~Talking Whiz Kid Einstein \ Millennium~~SchoolServer

|1995

|~~VTech~~Acorn Computers|style="background:~~gainsboro~~Gainsboro;"|None~~|No~~

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~~|Talking Whiz Kid Explorer~~

~~|1994~~

~~|VTech~~

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~~|No~~

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~~|Talking Whiz Kid Honors~~

~~|1995~~

~~|VTech~~

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~~|No~~

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~~|Talking Whiz Kid Knowledge Ball~~

~~|1994~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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|~~Talking Whiz Kid Notebook~~The Fox MT-80Z

|1992

|~~VTech~~E & L Instruments|style="background:~~gainsboro~~Gainsboro;"|None~~|No~~

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~~|Talking Whiz Kid Notebook 2000 \ 3000~~

~~|1996~~

~~|VTech~~

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~~|No~~

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~~|Talking Whiz Kid Plus~~

~~|1990~~

~~|VTech~~

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~~|Talking Whiz Kid Super Animated~~

~~|1997~~

~~|VTech~~

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~~|No~~

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~~|Teach & Talk Exploration Learning Laptop~~

~~|2016~~

~~|MerchSource\DCL~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|Type-Right~~

~~|1985~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|Ultra Pack PC~~

~~|1995~~

~~|Tiger Electronics~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~=Educational computers (OS-Based)=~~

~~Unlike most educational computers, the systems here have an actual OS and not just a basic GUI to get from program to another.~~

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~~! scope="col"|Model~~

~~! scope="col"|Year~~

~~! scope="col"|Developer / Distributor~~

~~! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support~~

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~~! scope="col"|Description~~

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~~|ClassMaster Notebook~~

~~|2002~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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~~|CNC-9606 Notebook~~

~~|1997~~

~~|Comet~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

|Released during the 90s coupon craze that Turkey had. the CNC9606 was given out by Turkish newspapers after exchanging a coupon for it. and was designed to be both a simple PDA and a tool to teach basic English and Computer skills. there was different versions depending on the newspaper you sent the coupon to, some had floppy drives and expansion ports while other had those features removed. it's unknown how many were given out.

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~~|IQ Unlimited Computer~~

~~|1991~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background: Red;"| Preliminary~~

~~|No~~

|This was the most advance educational computer Vtech ever released, it has a fully realized OS, 11 pre-loaded programs, Z80 CPU, and a BASIC interpreter. this is also one of the the rarest educational computer as it was not cheap when it launch in 1991.

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~~|IQ TV 512~~

~~|1998~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

~~|The 512 is a minor update to the Precomputer Unlimited, increasing the RAM capacity from 128kb to 512kb.~~

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~~|Precomputer Unlimited (PCU)~~

~~|1996~~

~~|VTech~~

~~|style="background: Red;"| Preliminary~~

~~|No~~

|Released in 1998 by VTech, The Unlimited is a Console-Computer hybrid akin to something like the Coleco Adam, Atari XEGS or the Odyssey 2. the Precomputer brand dates back to 1988 with the [[wikipedia:VTech PreComputer 1000|model 1000]], and was your typical educational computer of the era. The Unlimited's main OS was heavily influenced by Windows 3.1 and the system it self included 45 programs built-in. Basic features and oddities that came standard on most late 90s and early 2000s VTech educational computers can be found on the PCU as well. this includes a cartridge slot for more programs and games, a parallel port for printing and an odd mouse that plugged into an RJ11 port. It is unknown how many units were sold, how many game were made for it or when it was discontinued.

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~~|[https://vtech.fandom.com/wiki/The_Equalizer The Equalizer]~~

~~|1996~~

~~|Vtech~~

~~|style="background:gainsboro;"|None~~

~~|No~~

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