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From: erickson@crevas.enet.dec.com (John Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: KidsTime on an LC --- Speech Impediment!
Summary: Related to FPU-less 68020 implementation?
Keywords: LC, FPU, KidsTime, Great Wave
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.183933.19088@e2big.mko.dec.com>
Date: 20 Mar 91 18:32:28 GMT
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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	Hey There!

	I have a new LC and am trying to get "KidsTime" from Great Wave
	to work properly.
	
	    * Most of the program modules that use sound do seem to
	      work properly

	    * The program modules that use _speech_ (using Macintalk)
	      bomb out with a "Bus Error" whenever speech should be
	      invoked. These modules are "ABKey(tm)" and "Story Writer"

	I called up Great Wave and the person on the line immediately
	assumed it was because I hadn't moved Macintalk and Story Speak
	from the floppy System Folder to my HD System Folder. Doing this
	didn't solve any problems.

	I'm not the only person with this problem --- a guy I know has
	exactly the _same_ problem, but has more information:

* ...I'm running System 6.0.7, Macintalk V2.0, and KidsTime (year-old version),
* and I get a system error every time it tries to read text.  A couple of the
* system errors were "illegal instruction" and "FPU not present" -- a clue that
* the KidsTalk code assumes all 020 CPUs have FPUs (which, with the LC, became
* a false assumption).  If this is the case, Great Wave will have to fix it.

	So what's the deal? Has anyone else had similar problems?

	Have a GREAT one!

	John

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