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Texscan MSI SpectraGen 3 (SG3)

First seen in Jan 1983, the SpectraGen III cost $2,960 for the tabletop version.¹⁾ It later cost $3,895 in 1987 for the same version. A rack mount version was also available for $3,595. (model SG-3RM)²⁾

Photos

Tabletop variant

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See more photos of the SG3 console from dork_vader

Rack mount variant

Boards

SG III CPU

SGIII CHARACTER GEN

GENLOCK II NTSC

TITLER VIDEO

Videos

Documents

Operation Manual

Fonts

The SG3 contains a single font. The unit uses its CPU to stretch the font to different sizes.

Download font as PNG bitmap

Download font as TTF

¹⁾ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-C-ED/80s/C-ED-1983-01.pdf#page=80

²⁾ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Cable/LPTV-Report/LPTV-Report-1987-09.pdf#page=9

³⁾ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Cable/LPTV-Report/LPTV-Report-1987-09.pdf#page=9

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