And no further that what number of feet for RS-232?

I remember that codicil when pulling cable also.


On 12/16/20 8:43 AM, Craig Lalley wrote:
> Wow, rs232 speech output module, with 1500 word vocabulary.
>
> Speech over rs232, I can't imagine the data rate in 1984 on rs232.
>
> -Craig
>   
>
>      On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 3:29:03 AM PST, Keven Miller(3k)<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>   
>   HP attempted also, appears to be 1984, available for HP1000, HP3000 !!
>
> HP 27201A
>
> http://www.3kranger.com/HP3000/HPC/HPCat-1984-SPEECH.pdf
>
> Would be nice to come across one.
> Keven miller
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Sieler"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue 15 Dec 2020 11:45 PM
> Subject: [HP3000-L] [EXT]: OT: Wirt Atmar and speech synthesis
>
>
> External Email
> Hi,
>
> Some years back, I was asking if anyone had information about the speech
> synthesizer
> developed for the Altair 8080 by the late Wirt Atmar of AICS (in New
> Mexico).
> No "hits".
>
> Wirt, of course, developed some software products for the HP3000 (including
> QueryCalc), an early standalone word processor (System 2000, using a
> reprogrammed HP 264x terminal), and QCTerm (and more).
>
> Most places on the web claimed the Computalker was first, and give a date of
> 1976 or 1977.
>
> (Earlier speech synthesizers existed, but they were external boxes that one
> interfaced to,
> or were standalone (often with a large/weird keyboard).)
>
> Today, I stumbled over a fairly bad OCR of Byte magazine from August, 1976
> at
> https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1976-08/1976_08_BYTE_00-12_Speech_Synthesis_djvu.txt
>
> It has two articles about speech synthesizers for S-100 bus systems.
>
> The first is by the Computalker people, who say:
> At the time this article
> goes to press, a synthesizer
> module incorporating several
> detail refinements and im-
> provements over the circuits
> of this article is being de-
> veloped by the author and
> associates.
> and
> A detailed user's
> guide will be supplied with the
> Computalker module
>
> Note the future tense!
>
> The second is by Wirt Atmar, whose product *was already shipping*.
>
> Near the end of his Byte article, Wirt lists currently available products:
>
> At the present time, two speech synthesizers
> are both commercially available and affordable by
> the hobbyist.
>
> One is the Votrax produced by:
> Vocal Interface Division
> Federal Screw Works
> 500 Stephenson Dr
> Troy Ml 48084
> Price, approximately $2,000
> Interfacing: Parallel or Serial (RS-232)
>
> The second is the Model 1000 manufactured by:
> Ai Cybernetic Systems
> PO Box 4691
> University Park NM 88003
> Price, $425
>
> Wirt had told me (twenty years ago or so) that he thought his was the first
> for microcomputers (e.g., a user installed card, not an external box).
> Now, I'm sure ... but it was realllly close!
>
> Wirt demonstrated his product at the earlier MITS World Altair Computer
> Conven-
> tion, where it won first prize.
>
> He advertised it poorly/infrequently, since it was mostly a side business.
> And, that shows, since history doesn't remember it.
> But...we can now.
>
> Stan
>
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