Re: Mystery cards

[Ronny Svedman <rosv4119@student.uu.se>]

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Vincent Quinn wrote:

> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:45:36 +0000
> From: Vincent Quinn <gospodin@clubi.ie>
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> Subject: Mystery cards
> 
> Just when I'm again muttering about not being able to get hold of Apple II
> hardware in Ireland (yes, most/all the European A2s were made in Cork, but

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> 2) Mystery card no 2: marked on the front MICRO MINT INC and A-II SWEET
> TALKER.
> Eight socketed ICs, two large capacitors, two variable resistors(?) marked
> FREQ.ADJ and VOLUME and a two-prong connector (one marked +, one -). Is
> this a
> sound input or a sound output board? What hooks up to the two-prong
> connector?

Sure sounds like a speech synthesizer to me..
Check if the two-prong connector is the same size as eth built-in speaker
connector on a II+ or IIe. I would bet my pants that it is the speaker
output. It may well be possible (though not at all certain) that you can
simply use that board as an outputdevice by means of PR#<your_port> from
basic. Dont shoot me if I'm wrong.

> 3) Apple Silentype printer: will this work only with its controller card,
> or can
> it be hooked up to a //c or IIGS serial port? (I'm just curious - I don't
> need to
> use it as a regular printer)

SilenTypes need their driver boards. The interface is a _synchronous_
interface, and thus not comaptible with standard serial ports..
Besides: you'll need heat-sensitive paper to print on, which can be hard
to come by..


Regards, Ronny Svedman