REFORGE

1972 / SYSTEM 00

Magnavox Odyssey

HARDWARE DOSSIER
Magnavox Odyssey exterior blueprintA console-specific exterior profile for Magnavox Odyssey, repeated in the system model when a hardware architecture is available.PROFILE / 1972FRONT REFERENCE
EXTERIOR BLUEPRINT CONSOLE-SPECIFIC PROFILE · SHARED WITH SYSTEM MODEL
RESEARCHRESEARCH PUBLISHED
PRODUCTION FINDINGSNOT STARTED
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SYSTEM MODEL

HARDWARE AT A GLANCE

A navigable map of the public dossier. It shows documented hardware domains, not physical wiring or implementation status.

PUBLIC DOSSIER MAPMagnavox OdysseyEXTERIOR REFERENCE + DOCUMENTED HARDWARE DOMAINS
01The architecture: 12 modules on a single-layer motherboard02How three dots and a line become video: signal generation in detail03Controllers: potentiometers directly driving RC timing circuits04Game cards: passive jumper PCBs as the world's first interchangeable game media05Collision detection and ball behavior: the gate matrix and flip-flops06From Brown Box to production Odyssey07Essential reference documents and recreation projects08Conclusion: implications for a recompilation engine
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RESEARCH GUIDE

DOCUMENTED HARDWARE

Research chapters explain the hardware. Production records separately show what REFORGE has tested or corrected.

PUBLIC DOSSIER8 CHAPTERS · 10 SUBTOPICSOpen a chapter for its subtopics, or continue into the full dossier.
01The architecture: 12 modules on a single-layer motherboardCHAPTER OVERVIEW
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02How three dots and a line become video: signal generation in detail3 SUBTOPICS
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03Controllers: potentiometers directly driving RC timing circuits3 SUBTOPICS
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04Game cards: passive jumper PCBs as the world's first interchangeable game media4 SUBTOPICS
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05Collision detection and ball behavior: the gate matrix and flip-flopsCHAPTER OVERVIEW
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06From Brown Box to production OdysseyCHAPTER OVERVIEW
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07Essential reference documents and recreation projectsCHAPTER OVERVIEW
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08Conclusion: implications for a recompilation engineCHAPTER OVERVIEW
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VERIFICATION

PARITY BOUNDARIES

A passed boundary applies only to the named claim and evidence row below.

PUBLIC RESULT UNTESTED BOUNDARIES REMAIN VISIBLE
L0BUILDS

A native artifact is produced.

L1LIVES

The requested headless run completes.

L2RENDERS

Fresh visible output is verified.

L3RESPONDS

Scripted input changes title state.

L4MECHANICS

Named game rules pass deterministic checks.

L5ACCEPTED

Corpus, build receipt, and human acceptance gates pass.

SYSTEM / PUBLIC RESULTL0BUILDSL1LIVESL2RENDERSL3RESPONDSL4MECHANICSL5ACCEPTED
Magnavox OdysseyCircuit-level hardware dossier; no native-runtime result recordedNOT TESTEDNOT TESTEDNOT TESTEDNOT TESTEDNOT TESTEDNOT TESTED
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PUBLIC SOURCES

READ THE DOCUMENTS

The public dossier is the readable source document. External references are linked separately so their scope can be checked directly.

Public research dossierThe readable publication of the working research document. Local paths, raw traces, and personal data are removed.OPEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT →Magnavox Odyssey service manualOriginal service documentation and schematicconsolemods.org ↗Ralph H. Baer papersSmithsonian collection of designs, notes, schematics, components, and manualscollections.si.edu ↗
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PRODUCTION LEDGER

FINDINGS

PRODUCTION VERIFICATION NOT STARTEDThis page currently documents hardware research. No implementation result is recorded for this system yet.