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Subject: Re: new speech chip - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 23:09:20 EST
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uicsl!hr    Mar 28 10:55:00 1984

< grrrr!! >

I am also interested in getting the Silicon Systems speech
synthesizer chip. I wrote to both Silicon Systems and Sweet
Micro Systems asking for information. I also asked Silicon
Systems for a distributer list.

On Monday, responses from both companies arrived.
Silicon Systems sent data sheets but no information about
where the chip could be obtained. There wasn't even a cover
letter.

The letter from Sweet Micro Systems basically started with:
	"I do not think you can obtain a single chip anywhere."
It then went on to mention the Micromint's Sweet Talker II,
their own Mockingboard, and to suggest I call Silicon Systems.

Its beginning to appear that the only way for those of us with
non-Apple systems to get the chip is to buy the board from
Micromint and rip it apart.

If you recall from the article, Ciarcia said:
	"I will pay the royalty and provide the Apple II software
	to anyone sending me a photograph of his or her custom
	assembled Sweet Talker II."
I can't see how he is going to be paying many royalty fees.


Harold Ravlin				pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!hr