Apple II Echo II card and speaker

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Sep 10 13:38:01 2002

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, chris wrote:

> I just aquired an Apple II "Echo II" card and speaker box. I don't get
> how to connect the speaker box. It has a Din 5 connector, but no where
> on the card is any place to connect it. The card has a 2 pin plug for
> routing the Apple internal speaker, and has a 1/8 inch phono jack for an
> external speaker.

I have no idea where the DIN connector would go. I don't think I've ever
seen an Echo card with that.

> Also, maybe I misunderstood what this thing does. I thought it was
> basically a sound card for the Apple II series, but the box has a "rate"
> dial, and the company that makes it is the "American Printing House for
> the Blind" (based on a product label on the underside of the speaker
> box).
>
> Is this thing some kind of voice box? What software do I need to make it
> work?

It also does speech synthesis with the supplied software. If you don't
have the software then I can probably make a copy for you as I know
exactly where my disks are.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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