AtariVox+ cable

[Jungsi]

I've bought some time ago the AtariVox+ from AA shop. I've also bought a Sega extension cable from a shop

here i Germany. I've thought it's an original cable but it was the one from Retro-Bits.

Now I've modified the connectors on both sides so they fit to the Vectrex and the AtariVox+.

But the only thing I hear when I switch on the Vectrex is the mode wich choosen by the dip switches.

Example: "AtariVox VecVioce activated"

I'am sure it's the correct mode (for example) for Verzerk or Y.A.S.I. but in the games themeselves

there is no voice sound - that's the same for VecVox mode.

I've tested the extension cable with a Sega Megadrive - it's working.....

Is there something special about the cables form Retro-Bits? Maybe not all PINs are connected wich are

nesessary for the AtariVox+?

Or can it be a problem of the AtariVox+ itself?

 

[Albert]

I do test the AtariVox+ with an Atari 2600 after building them, but I don't currently have a Vectrex, so I have no way to verify proper behavior with them. Although in general I would think that if the AtariVox works on the 2600, it should also work on the Vectrex.

 

I did buy some Retro-Bits extension cables at one point, hoping I could use them with the AtariVox+ and offer them as an option in the store. Unfortunately, as you discovered, the connectors are too large. I never tried modifying one, and instead purchased some original Sega Genesis controller extension cables. Those work great with the 2600 and 7800, but have not tested them with a Vectrex. I do not know if all the pins are connected in the Retro-Bits cable, but I would assume so. I'd need to dig one of those cables out of storage and test it with a meter to make sure all the pins are connected . Someone else here can probably verify before I am able to do that.

 

I don't suppose you have a 2600 or 7800 you can use to test an AtariVox game with speech support?

 

..Al

[Jungsi]

Thanks Albert - good idea :-)

I've tested it with the Atari 2600 and the game Fall Down and it's working :-)

[Albert]

Thanks Albert - good idea :-)

I've tested it with the Atari 2600 and the game Fall Down and it's working :-)

 

I assume you tested it with the cable?

[Jungsi]

Yes it's also working with the cable connected

[Richard H.]

Send it to me, I'll have a look at it for you.

[Albert]

Send it to me, I'll have a look at it for you.

 

[Jungsi]

Send it to me, I'll have a look at it for you.

Thanks Richard - PN sent :-)

[Richard H.]

I've fixed your AtariVox+. PM me with your shipping address.

 

 

Thanks

[Mayhem]

So it was a problem with the unit and not the cable then? Good fixing there Richard

[Richard H.]

The microcontroller was badly soldered in (misaligned with the pads)

[Vectrexer]

The microcontroller controlling the microcontroller alignment lost control?

Edited April 20, 2016 by Vectrexer