Re: Sega Vector Speech Chips

From: Clay Cowgill <clay_at_supra.com>
Date: Tue Oct 14 1997 - 13:00:42 EDT

>Just wanted to let you all know, I'm hoping to be in touch
>with the guy who designed the Mattel Intellivoice module shortly,
>which used a chip very similar to the Sega vector games, (as Clay
>pointed out a while ago.)

Great! I'm glad someone took the time to look into that! :-)

>I'm hoping that I can get some info on the SP0250. I'm starting to
>think that it might be possible to build a SP0250 replacement with
>an SP0256 and something to do the parallel to serial conversion.
>Granted, this chip is also obsolete also, but there are still people
>selling them for about $5, at least.

I've got a BUNCH of them, and access to a (virtually) unlimited supply.
$2.50 a pop if anyone wants 'em...

>Didn't someone have a bunch of
>Sega speech boards with missing SP0250's... ?

Sounds like Mark.
-Clay

Clayton N. Cowgill Engineering Manager
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Received on Tue Oct 14 08:59:42 1997

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