Intellivision Kiosk Multiplexer

[@intvprime]

"Sphinx of Quartz Judge my Black Vow" = "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs". 😀 Great coverage, thank you for providing this in-depth!

[@bigdumer8997]

Interesting stuff Lathe26!

[@Lathe26Real]

Thanks! This took months of research and effort, so it is appreciated.

[@intellivisionbr]

Awesome!!!

[@Lathe26Real]

FYI, I recognize your icon from www.intellivisionbrasil.com.br/ ;-)

[@IntellivisionRevolution]

Nice!

[@intellivisiongamer]

Great info… learned a lot about these thanks!

[@Benco97]

Absolutely wonderful video, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it! Thank you.

[@brettrattner]

I think I have the "old ebay" unit that you listed. I acquired it in 2001 and I believe it is Rev A. It would be cool to go through all the differences in that unit to see if there are any surprises.

[@Lathe26Real]

@user-vq6lj8ec7g (brett rattner), That sounds fascinating. If you are on AtariAge, you can message me there as Lathe26. Otherwise, let's find some other way to chat about your Rev A.

[@settinger14]

Fantastic Job, Chris!

[@JimLeonard]

Clearly the definitive video on the multiselector. Great job. Given the name John and the birthday, it should be somewhat easy to determine who "John" is. John Sohl, probably?

[@Lathe26Real]

John Sohl was my first guess as well. However, most of the Blue Sky Rangers think he is likely too old to have been born in 1957. There are 2 other potential Johns listed in the linked document. Also, the BSR folks think this might have been worked on outside of Mattel so it could be a John that they don't know.

[@intvnut]

@@Lathe26Real John Brooks (APh) and John Tomlinson (Mattel) are two other possibilities. Brooks did Space Armada, and Tomlinson did Mission-X. I'm betting on John Tomlinson.

[@Lathe26Real]

Thanks. The "Mattel Kiosk Multiplexer Reverse Engineering Notes" document (link in the description) has these names listed in there.

[@intvnut]

BTW, the docs at PapaIntellivision refer to a "POP" that is probably the kiosk multiplexor. See page 10: papaintellivision.com/pdfs/CCF10232011_00026.pdf (O HAI: I typed that before I got to ~29 minutes in... LOL!) And, I saw the shout-out in the Sphinx ROM demo. :D

[@youtubecrack]

Interesting

[@130jukeboxhero]

gotta ask, are there any confirmed complete kiosks out there?

[@Lathe26Real]

None that I am aware of, but they might exist.