Airshack Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Imagining how popular a smaller non-firehose style PEB cable may be someday. @Shift838 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyPilot Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Airshack said: Imagining how popular a smaller non-firehose style PEB cable may be someday. @Shift838 No kidding on that, it's been talked about for decades, yet no one has come through. Maybe it's too difficult? Edited March 9, 2022 by SkyPilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I'd really like to state my appreciation for what Shift838, JediMatt, Karsula and ArcadesShopper do. I tried to help out (I'm sure he'd question that) Don O'Neil when he was designing the SCSI Controller. It's an incredible amount of work, time, stress and money to design something, get it built, get it tested, shipped to someones door and then supporting it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteTape Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Received mine today, and the initial results look promising, even with the PEB extension cable in use. I've currently got it mimicking HAL 9000 on repeat. "Hello Doctor Name Continue Yesterday Tomorrow" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLERB Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Nice idea! I happened to get a CorComp Triple Tech Card back in the day, with a place for the speech board (and a clock and printer buffer). it was (and still is, now that the ol’ TI is back out in use) really nice not to have the firehose always in danger of knocking the speech synthesizer out of the console. Sounds like you put a lot of thought and effort into the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 8 hours ago, SkyPilot said: No kidding on that, it's been talked about for decades, yet no one has come through. Maybe it's too difficult? This is another project I have been working on for the past few years. Probably started it about 6 years ago. Put it down, picked it back up a few times. Back in August of 2021 i came up with a hand wired board. And it has progressed into a actual PCB. You can read the whole thread below: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 reminder. 3/14 @ 9:00 a.m. CST is when the pre-order closes. I'm not sure if I will do another run of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Paypal says my money should be here today but keep checking Paypal and still not money in account from Chase Bank yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 3 hours ago, RXB said: Paypal says my money should be here today but keep checking Paypal and still not money in account from Chase Bank yet. wow. i don't think it has ever taken that long for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 39 minutes ago, Shift838 said: wow. i don't think it has ever taken that long for me. I have sent from Chase bank $150.00 and $100.00 and it still says I only have $100.00 in the account. It should say $350.00 on account, but says pending on the $150.00 and $100.00 from Chase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 if I knew you used chase, i think you can send money to other chase members and we could have tried that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 more days before the pre-order closes.. Get your orders in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/6/2022 at 3:48 PM, Shift838 said: I will probably release it after my 2nd run is typically what I do. I would still need to get approval from the IP owner to release it. I do know that he does not have a schematic of this card. I had to work that out. Sounds good. I sent Richard Bell a note to ask him what the details were on his approval of getting the card made, etc. Just waiting on a response from him. If we can get his formal approval to release these after you sell the 2nd run, we can add them to the docs thread, or put them somewhere central. It's a pretty simple circuit - the most complex thing is the PAL, which as to be programmed (and good job sussing out the formulas, BTW.) A lot of people have EPROM programmers that will program everything, but run short when it comes to some legacy PAL/GALs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 preorder ends tomorrow! 3/14/2022 @ 9:00 a.m. CST Get yours in. 838-SPEECH PRE-ORDER (fwscart.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 The pre-order is now closed. I will be ordering a few extra boards like I always do. If you missed the preorder and still want one the please PM me for availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) boards and parts have been ordered. should be 2 to 3 weeks before I see the boards. I will be putting them together and mailing them out based on order #. I have ordered a few extra. If anyone missed out please contact me via PM. Edited March 14, 2022 by Shift838 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 the 838-Speech production boards have arrived on my doorstep today! I will start building and shipping this week. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipflargin Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Must remain... calm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 It's so cool a project like this is out there. I'm not quite yet where I can sink money into my TI hobby (no space so all my stuff is packed away till Fall time), but I can still dream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 11:10 PM, Shift838 said: This is another project I have been working on for the past few years. Probably started it about 6 years ago. Put it down, picked it back up a few times. Back in August of 2021 i came up with a hand wired board. And it has progressed into a actual PCB. You can read the whole thread below: I wonder if 25 pair shielded twisted pair (they're more rigid as well as more flexible) cable would work for this too. The old telephone wire is all over - the challenge would be getting it in the IDC connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 2 hours ago, acadiel said: I wonder if 25 pair shielded twisted pair (they're more rigid as well as more flexible) cable would work for this too. The old telephone wire is all over - the challenge would be getting it in the IDC connector. That is the type of cable I have used to get it to work correctly. it's a standard SCSI Twisted Pair cable. will have a few wires left over but that's fine. None of the off the shelf moulded cable will work over about 2.5 to 3 feet. So it looks like the cables will have to be custom made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 I have built a handful today and shipped them out. Watch your emails for your tracking info.. More will go out tomorrow. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 I was a in a groove and got quite a few boards built and tested last night. These are not all to one person. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 I have 1/2 of my orders ready to ship to ship! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jmazzy Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Received and installed today. Working beautifully. ?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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