[DECtalk] DECTalk 4.2 Alpha (fwd)

jake mcmahan mcmahan.jake at gmail.com
Sat Aug 13 11:03:10 EDT 2022


     Blake,

Lovely to hear from you buddy.

Dec Alpha was 64-bit processing hardware made by digital equipment 
corporation as they also had their own type of computer back then.

On 8/13/2022 9:43 AM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>
> Jake,
>
> Thank you for having spent hours trying to get the DECTalk Speak 
> Window 4.2 alpha to work. Now we know getting it to run at all might 
> not be possible. Question: What does "DEC Alpha architecture" mean in 
> layman's terms? I'm not a programmer or IT professional. I don't 
> understand the term referenced abov.
>
> Blake
>
>
> On 8/13/2022 7:35 AM, jake mcmahan wrote:
>> Jesus Christ.  When you spend hours and hours trying to find 
>> resources to get this to run and your dad is in the hospital.  Then 
>> you get hit by a truck in a figurative sense.  Time wasted and hours 
>> spent for nothing because the software requires a different type of 
>> infrastructure.
>> On 8/13/2022 5:58 AM, Jake Gross wrote:
>>>
>>> This speak window was compiled for the DEC Alpha architecture. In 
>>> other words, It won’t run on modern computers unless a DEC Alpha 
>>> emulator Is used.
>>>
>>> *From: *jake mcmahan <mailto:mcmahan.jake at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent: *Saturday, August 13, 2022 2:06 AM
>>> *To: *DECtalk <mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>; Brandon Tyson 
>>> <mailto:brandongold98 at gmail.com>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk 4.2 Alpha (fwd)
>>>
>>>     Here is the link.  However, I misread the readme file and it only
>>>
>>> works on windows NT.  In order to even get this thing working we 
>>> have to
>>>
>>> have a windows NT virtual machine with sound on it.  I am still looking
>>>
>>> for one. Even if we did the possibility of it still not working exists.
>>>
>>>    Here's the speak window.
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/ALPHADT_ZIP
>>>
>>> On 8/13/2022 4:24 AM, Brandon Tyson wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello,
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Unless I missed it, I didn't see a link to the speak window in the 
>>> message.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > I was wondering if anyone has the link to this by chance?
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Thanks,
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Brandon
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >> On Aug 12, 2022, at 9:19 PM, Karen Lewellen 
>>> <klewellen at shellworld.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> clearly intended for the list.  especially since the plan 
>>> explains why other tests are failing.
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>
>>> >> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:47:48 -0400
>>>
>>> >> From: jake mcmahan <mcmahan.jake at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> >> To: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>>>
>>> >> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk 4.2 Alpha
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> Hello:
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> This is a 16bit version of a Dectalk speak window that is only 
>>> made for windows95 or NT.  I am doing my best to get a hold of Jake 
>>> Grosses Virtual machine of win95.  Then I will mount the iso file I 
>>> created of the speak window to the virtual machine as a drive, and 
>>> finally run it through the windows95 operating system from there.  
>>> Anything other than windows95 or NT will not run the software.
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> Jake M
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>> On 8/12/2022 7:14 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>>
>>> >>> When I followed the link I recall noting the date as 1996.
>>>
>>> >>> Exactly how are you attempting to run this program?
>>>
>>> >>> curious how it would work in a freedos environment.
>>>
>>> >>> dare say would work fine in a pure dos one.
>>>
>>> >>> Kare
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2022, Aksel Leo Christoffersen wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>>   Hi,
>>>
>>> >>>>>>>   I’ve also just tried running it in a Windows XP virtual 
>>> machine, which >  can run 16 bit applications, and it can’t run it 
>>> either. So, that must >  mean that it’s indeed not dessigned for 
>>> Windows. I would also just like >  to point out that this is the 
>>> original version 4.2, and not the famed >  version 4.2CD, which runs 
>>> on most DECtalk Express units. Version 4.2CD was >  released in 
>>> 1996, but these files were apparently created in october 1994, >  
>>> which matches well with the DECtalk Express firmware files for the 
>>> >  original version 4.2. Just to make things clear.
>>>
>>> >>>>>>>   Kind regards:
>>>
>>> >>>>>   Aksel Christoffersen
>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>>
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