Re: SlotBuster II chip and clock...

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Ed replied:

>>"Michael J. Mahon" wrote:
>> Mine has the speech option installed, and all the software was originally
>>bundled with the card, but it has become separated, rendering both the card
>>and the software useless.
>
>Well actually, the card is supposed to act like a printer device when
>the special software is not being used.  So, if you set your output to
>ascii and send it to the slot the card is in, it will speak what you
>send it to 'print'.  Not worthless at all for proofing or e-mail.  :)
>
>I bought the software from them a while back, it is (was?) for sale
>separately.  Contact them and let us know if they do not still sell the
>software.

It's good to know that a "PR#s" will get it to do something!  Since
its claim to fame is that it squeezed printer/speech, modem, BSR,
and clock without disabling any other slot, I'm surprised that "PR#s"
does much.

Until you mentioned this, I had overlooked that ROM code shows
up in the 256-byte slot space!  (I thought that on-board ROM was
connected solely to the on-board Z80.)

I will inquire about current software availablilty--I had been informed
that the only separately-purchaseable software was the SpeechWorks
add-in software for the older version(s) of AppleWorks.

Thanks!

-michael

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