Re: Echo card woes

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Theusch Family writes ...
> 
> Hellow fellow Apple II users!
> 
> By sheer luck I ran across an expansion card labled "Echo Commander".
> After reading the Echo FAQ (thank you Rubywand)

     Welcome; actually, I think Dr. Tom is the one who got the Echo info.


> I found that it was a
> speech synthesis card.  I jumpered the Apple audio terminals to the
> echo card, and I found that pins 1 and 3 (I think) on the 5-pin DIN
> audio connector relayed the normal apple sounds.  However, when I
> attempted using the Textalker and other echo disks to produce speech
> output, I did not hear anything.
> 
> I do not have the original speaker that came with the card.
> Specifically, I would like the pinout of the DIN connector, since all
> 5 pins are connected to the card.  Does this have something to do with
> the fact that I have an Echo Commander card instead of an Echo II?  If
> so, what does an Echo Commander card do?
> 
 ....

     Don't know-- I do not have any info on the Echo Commander.

     Regarding the compatibility of Echo II software, one check would be to
find out what speech chip the 'Commander uses. (Probably, this will be a fairly
large, distinctive IC on the board.)  Something else to check is that the
software lets you specify the Slot the card is in.



Rubywand