We had our Votrax T&T on one of the spare ports of a Cromemco/Cromix system being used as a mail/BBS system; sort of a talking Caller ID announcing when various users logged in.
Fun times... On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 8:38 PM Tony Aiuto via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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. > > >
