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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.<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/13/2022 5:58 AM, Jake Gross wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From:
</b><a href="mailto:mcmahan.jake@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">jake mcmahan</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, August 13, 2022 2:06 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">DECtalk</a>; <a
href="mailto:brandongold98@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Brandon Tyson</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk 4.2 Alpha (fwd)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Here is the link. However, I misread
the readme file and it only </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">works on windows NT. In order to even get
this thing working we have to </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">have a windows NT virtual machine with
sound on it. I am still looking </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">for one. Even if we did the possibility of
it still not working exists. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Here's the speak window.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://archive.org/details/ALPHADT_ZIP">https://archive.org/details/ALPHADT_ZIP</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 8/13/2022 4:24 AM, Brandon Tyson wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Unless I missed it, I didn't see a
link to the speak window in the message.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> I was wondering if anyone has the link
to this by chance?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Brandon</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Sent from my iPhone</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> On Aug 12, 2022, at 9:19 PM, Karen
Lewellen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net"><klewellen@shellworld.net></a> wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> clearly intended for the list.
especially since the plan explains why other tests are
failing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> ---------- Forwarded message
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<p class="MsoNormal">>> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:47:48
-0400</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> From: jake mcmahan
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mcmahan.jake@gmail.com"><mcmahan.jake@gmail.com></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> To: Karen Lewellen
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net"><klewellen@shellworld.net></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk 4.2
Alpha</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> Hello:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> 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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> Jake M</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> On 8/12/2022 7:14 PM, Karen
Lewellen wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> When I followed the link I
recall noting the date as 1996.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> Exactly how are you attempting
to run this program?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> curious how it would work in a
freedos environment.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> dare say would work fine in a
pure dos one.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> Kare</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2022, Aksel Leo
Christoffersen wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>> Hi,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>>>>> 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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>>>>> Kind
regards:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>>> Aksel Christoffersen</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>>> Dectalk mailing list</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Dectalk mailing list</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
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