From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!sytek!gi!mike@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.video Title: Re: Mattel Playcable Article-I.D.: gi.136 Posted: Mon May 17 09:13:30 1982 Received: Thu May 20 02:28:54 1982 Playcable is a joint venture between Mattel and the Jerrold Division of General Instrument. Jerrold makes cable tv components. Playcable is not two way cable as may be implied. You get a Mattel Intellivision and a cable adapter. The adapter plugs into the game instead of a game cartridge. You get a menu on the tv and you choose 1 of 30+ games. Meanwhile, each of these 30 games is passing by on the cable. When your game comes by, the adapter scoffs it up and loads it into the game (just like plugging in the cartridge). Playcable is being test marketed on the east coast and is not yet widely available. The response to Playcable has been tremendous, considering the cost of all those cartridges (and the game) versus a small monthly charge. Michael Wendel General Instrument Corporation Corporate Research and Development ucbvax!menlo70!sytek!gi!mike