Re: Echo card woes

[ntohsepuasmch@centurytel.net (Theusch Family)]

On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 17:17:43 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>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.

Then, Thank you, Dr. Tom.  If you could help me with this, I would
greatly appreciate it...
>
>
>> 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.
>
>
I know that the speech chip is Texas Instruments, but I need to look
up the number.

Funny, really.  I posted a question in the past asking someone to
identify the board, and nobody knew what it was, but two people
offered to buy it from me! :)

There is a small possibility that the card is damaged, but I do not
know how to check that (since nobody knows anything about it anyway).

I'll post a picture of it.

>
>Rubywand

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