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aargee
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Posted: 12:08pm 17 Aug 2016

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Votrax SC01 Phoneme Chip for sale on EBay, if you're quick, there's two left...

SC-01A by Votrax

(Yes, I bought the first two - I have no affiliation with the seller)

For crying out loud, all I wanted to do was flash this blasted LED.

TassyJim

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Posted: 12:40pm 17 Aug 2016

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I think that is the chip used in a Microbee addon project.
If so, I have one 'somewhere in the shed'

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aargee
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Posted: 01:02pm 17 Aug 2016

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Yes I have one in an ETI "Chatterbox" kit.

If you are clever it can produce quite good speech, they are a pretty rare find now days, they were used in pinball machines and add-on cards for micros (like yours).
I think I ran mine from a System 80 (Dick Smith TRS80 clone) and it was later re-purposed as a speech back end for a topographic GPS navigation project, waaay before the in-car versions existed.

For crying out loud, all I wanted to do was flash this blasted LED.

palcal

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Posted: 05:13pm 17 Aug 2016

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I had a couple back in the 80's. There was an article in EA at the time that I built and it produced quite good speech. I would still have them somewhere.
Paul.

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bigmik

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Posted: 09:54pm 17 Aug 2016

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Lads,

Brings back memories of old... I used to have a larger 0.6" DIP (SPO-256 or something similar???) I had a play with I also had a TRS80 VOX box...

I really hated the monotone voice but now I think it would be really cool.. but $25 for just the chip that is nearly 40 years old.. Nahhh.

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Mick

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Bill7300
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Posted: 10:11pm 17 Aug 2016

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I remember having several different chips, including one produced by Screw Works or some similar but unlikely name. Had one on the Microbee and one on the old S100 Z80 homebrew computer. I only demolished the old S100 box last year, in the final stages of the move from Canberra back to Tassie - kept all the boards though!

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Posted: 11:51pm 17 Aug 2016

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For anyone who wants info about the original article in EA with schematic and software see thisSC-01
Paul

"It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all"

aargee
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Posted: 02:33am 18 Aug 2016

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You can make an offer... mine was accepted.

For crying out loud, all I wanted to do was flash this blasted LED.

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