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<p>Jake,</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>Blake</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/13/2022 7:35 AM, jake mcmahan
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cite="mid:ebb9e938-6e26-7b6e-053d-704bdcd053f4@gmail.com"> 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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"> </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"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://archive.org/details/ALPHADT_ZIP"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://archive.org/details/ALPHADT_ZIP</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 8/13/2022 4:24 AM, Brandon Tyson
wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> </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">> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> I was wondering if anyone has the
link to this by chance?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Brandon</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> Sent from my iPhone</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> </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"
moz-do-not-send="true"><klewellen@shellworld.net></a>
wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> clearly intended for the list.
especially since the plan explains why other tests are
failing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> ---------- Forwarded message
----------</p>
<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"
moz-do-not-send="true"><mcmahan.jake@gmail.com></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> To: Karen Lewellen <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net"
moz-do-not-send="true"><klewellen@shellworld.net></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk
4.2 Alpha</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> Hello:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </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">>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> Jake M</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> </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">>>> </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">>>>>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>>
_______________________________________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> Dectalk mailing list</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>>
_______________________________________________</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>> <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Dectalk mailing list</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated
moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dectalk mailing list</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated
moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></p>
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Dectalk mailing list
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">https://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a>
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