2 Dec
2020
2 Dec
'20
3:08 p.m.
I had an RS-232 Votrax and also the Heathkit EE-3403 Speech Synthesis
course for the ET-3400 Microprocessor Trainer, which came with an
SC-01 chip as one of the parts if I recall correctly. Both long ago
faded away through downsizing here sadly.
I do still have the test-to-speech input file from 1988 that was used
to have the Votrax sing the 12-days-of-Christmas at the company
holiday party that year, and the HP 3000 utility to feed it out a
serial port.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 8:37 AM Tony Aiuto via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 7:05 AM Jules Richardson via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 12/1/20 7:28 PM, Tony Aiuto via cctalk wrote:
There was certainly amusement too. We would hide the box in one of the
cabinets
and have it play things to noob users who were in the room alone.
I've got a serial-interfaced one based around an RCA 1802 which I last had
> hooked up to an Apple II a few years ago, but it's one of those "cool to
> have" things rather than really serving any purpose.
> Oh.. That brings back memories. We had a Votrax
with a serial interface
in
the computer room.
I configured it as a printer so I could yell into the room..
echo Hey Alan. Look at the console and change the tape to the one
requested
| lpr -Pvotrax
That's actually... useful. I've never really known what people did with
them, beyond the occasional little bit of amusement.