I was fascinated with the early TTS units - had both a Votrax and a Microvox from Micromint. I am re-creating my original 1980 setup with a Sol and a NorthStar Horizon, though I think I'll skip my NEC Spinwriter.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 8:28 PM Tony Aiuto <tony.ai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh.. That brings back memories. We had a Votrax with a serial interface in > the computer room. > I configured it as a printer so I could yell into the room.. > > echo Hey Alan. Look at the console and change the tape to the one > requested | lpr -Pvotrax > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 8:24 PM Robert Stek via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> If anyone knows of an available unit (at considerably less than the $500 >> one on eBay), please let me know. I actually have one SC-01-A and would >> even take a unit missing the Votrax chip - I understand some units were >> scavenged for the chip for several video arcade machines which used them. >> >
