VTech Socrates

VTech also distributed the system in Canada, being sold as the Socrates Saitout; Jeu Educatif Video.

Additional unbundled games for the system are packaged as cartridges which resemble 3.5" floppy disks.

Brain Teasers are labeled in blue text and test students' memory and problem-solving skills.

Awareness Games are labeled in red text, and teach students trivia, mathematics, and geography.

The CAD Professor uses the Mouse tablet, and focuses on architectural, textile, and fashion design.

[citation needed] The Mouse and Touch Pad peripherals – for the CAD Professor and Touch Pad cartridges respectively – also use infrared signals to communicate with the main system, but similar signal receiving issues may hamper the usefulness of these add-ons.

The inside of the Socrates. The system ran off six D batteries or used an optional AC adapter. (35–0943–00, 701228-D)
The Socrates uses a Zilog Z80A processor.