This thread gathers together technical information about the Intellivision PlayCable service and summarises it in the following document:
playCableTechnicalSummary-20230907.pdf
Please let me know of any corrections or additions you think should be made. The most recent version of this document will always be found here, at the top of thread.
The following video shows roughly what the PlayCable was like to use, based on a PlayCable Phoenix replica that has been put together:
Happy 2022 everyone,
In the ongoing tradition of publishing something to welcome in the New Year, I have an update to the PlayCable technical summary, which you can download here:
playCableTechnicalSummary-20220101.pdf
This brings you significant new material in the following sections:
6 PlayCable Hardware - All circuit diagrams have been checked and corrected against Jerrold schematics (p13-p19)
7.3 PlayCable Game ROMs - more information about