$12 Indian ‘TV computer’ a knockoff of ’80s Nintendo system

Aug 11th, 2008 | By admin | Category: General

Can a 20-year-old gaming console be the way to offer truly low-cost computing to Third World students?

An international group of designers and graduate students believe it is, saying that they believe they can modernize a “TV computer,” available for $12 on the street in India, by adding Internet access and other features while keeping the price affordable.

According to pictures and a wiki partly maintained by Lomas, the Victor-70 is an 8-bit machine that so closely resembles the original Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as the Famicom, that it accepts its cartridges.

Technically advanced for the time, the Famicom came with a 1.78-MHz 8-bit processor, 2k of video memory and the ability to display 256-by-240 pixels in 25 colors.

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