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Re: Mockingboard v1a Speech Chip (SC-01)?



On Saturday, May 12, 2012 3:27:07 PM UTC-4, TomCh wrote:
> On Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:49:53 PM UTC+1, Tempest wrote:
> > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:38:39 AM UTC-4, Tempest wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:36:02 AM UTC-4, Tempest wrote:
> > > > Will a SC-01 (Votrax) speech chip work in the ReactiveMicro Mockingboard v1a or does it need to be the newer SSI-253P chip?
> > > 
> > > Also, is the SC-01-A the same chip and will it work with the Mockingboard?  I believe the -A was just an upgrade to the SC-01.
> > 
> > Anyone?
> 
> It won't work: they are completely different physically (pin count: 22 vs 24) & in functionality (the 64 phonemes are in a different order, and don't map 1:1).
> 
> NB. In AppleWin I used the SSI263's phonemes for SC01 emulation, but this is clearly only a rough approximation (but good enough for the 2 games that use the SC01!).
> 
> Tom

Thanks for the info.  I didn't think it would, but I thought I would check since the original Speech board used them (or so says Wiki).