[DECtalk] dectalk external question

[Brent Harding]

Does it actually have a hard drive inside? I just don't get why it needs a 
fan for, the express doesn't. I wonder what it would do that the express 
won't?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hank smith" <hanksmith4 at earthlink.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk external question


> what kind of cable do I need to make this thing work with a computer?
> is there such a thing as a 25 mail to 9 pin femail?
> I'll be damned if I can find one of things I was told to look at a null
> modem cable but that is just for internet connections i thaught
> its interesting though that you mentioned interfacing this thing with 
> phone
> lines thing things looks like a computer but no ports for a keyboard or
> anything its really big some what long etc.it has a fan inside it to.
> anyways if any oe has used one of these things please get back to me.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk external question
>
>
>> Hi,
>> You have one of the old DECtalks.  I've never seen one of these so don't
>> have connector info, but I've heard Speakup under Linux can use these so
>> if
>> you ever want someone to take it off your hands...
>> Anyway, you're wrong, any connector with pins or plugs showing is a male,
>> any jack or serial connector without pins showing is a female.  The phone
>> jacks, as I understand it, are not used for connection to a computer.
>> These
>> old DECtalk units could interface with a phone line to give callers 
>> spoken
>> information, provided you had or could write the appropriate software.  I
>> think they could even do menu-based stuff, E.G. "For the song of the day
>> press 1, for the DECtalk demo review of the day press 2, for your current
>> account balance press 3, to use a time machine to make it so that Digital
>> would never have even thought of selling DECtalk press 4, etc."  Thus,
>> probably the reason that DECtalk versions to this day have touchtone
>> dialing
>> commands.
>> Jayson.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "hank smith" <hanksmith4 at earthlink.net>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:56 PM
>> Subject: [DECtalk] dectalk external question
>>
>>
>>> hello I have a dectalk external its before the express
>>> it is running firmware 1.8 when you turn it on it has test touchtones
>> before
>>> it says
>>> "dectalk version 1.8 is running"
>>> anyways I am having trouble finding out what exact cable I need to hook
>> this
>>> up to a computer to use with a screen reader
>>> it has 2 phone jacks one with a phone simbol and the other with a minus
>> buy
>>> it
>>> btw I just had a custom cable made a mmj cable and it isn't the one that
>>> goes off to the side
>>> the other 2 ports it has are one port that says
>>> comm
>>> the other port has a square buy it
>>> these are 25 pin think its femail its the port with the pins showing.
>>> anyways what cable do I need to have custom made to interface this thing
>>> with the computer to use it as a external synth?
>>> I am going to be returning the mmj cable and I need to tell the folks
>>> what
>>> kind of cable I need.
>>> any help  is so so greatly appreciated.
>>> thanks
>>> hank
>>>
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