Date   : Fri, 07 Jan 2005 21:33:20 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Compatibility-problems Acorn Speech on BBC micro?

In article <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAcc0Jxjxj1kixp
/PqdjzBJsKAAAAQAAAARX3bUL9VqUy01F2K3F4BXgEAAAAA@...>, janssenp
<janssenp@...> writes
>
>    I 've just installed the two IC's of the genuine Acorn Speech 
>    system in my BBC; it works.

REP. SOUND -1,GET,0,0: U.0

and press keys.  Press ctrl-G to give Kenneth a heart attack.  (the
voice is that of Kenneth Kendall, an ex-BBC newsreader.)

>    I want to install also some other expansions; are there any known 
>    compatibility-problems
>    of the Speech system with hard- or software (i.e. the 
>    ATPL-Romboard, ROM's, etc.)?

I never experienced any incompatibilities caused by the speech upgrade.
It worked fine with my ATPL Romboard, ROMs, second processors (6502 and
Z80), sideways RAM, real time clocks, shadow RAM board, etc. etc. 

Having said that, now someone'll pipe up with some :)

>    Can I still use the Rom Filing System (RFS by *ROM) with=A0 the 
>    Speech-chips installed?

Yes.

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