When I first looked at this Apple II card, it was hard to find any information about it. After some reverse engineering work and searching through old magazines, we finally have some answers.
— Links
Github repo:
https://github.com/misterblack1/ufonic_voice_system
YouTube video, Speak and Spell vs Chrysler:
YouTube video, Turbo Mail Call with the Ufonic:
Full Speak & Spell + Chrysler disk images:
https://archive.org/details/chrysler_202610
Computerworld, Nov 7 1983:
https://archive.org/details/sim_computerworld_1983-11-07_17_45/page/n123/
K-Power magazine, issue 3:
https://archive.org/details/k-power-magazine-03/page/n69/
Apple Orchard, Jul 1984:
https://archive.org/details/apple-orchard-v5n6-1984-jul/page/n67/
COMPUTE!, issue 50, Jul 1984:
https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue50/261_1_Learning_With_Computers.php
Popular Computing, Sep 1984:
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-1984-09/page/n153/
The Apple II Review, Fall 1985:
https://archive.org/details/The_Apple_II_Review_Fall-1985/page/n59/
Call-A.P.P.L.E., Jun 1986:
https://archive.org/details/call-apple-1986-06/page/n64/
Bowker’s Complete Sourcebook of Personal Computing, 1985:
https://archive.org/details/bowkerscompletes0000unse?q=ufonic
TESS, The Educational Software Selector, 1985:
https://archive.org/details/tesseducationals0000unse?q=ufonic
Personal Computers and Special Needs, 1984:
https://archive.org/details/personalcomputer0000bowe?q=ufonic
Apple II Documentation Project, Jostens Ufonic:
http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20Project/Interface%20Cards/Audio/Jostens%20Ufonic/
Cunniff, Walden University dissertation (System 80):
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/431
US 4,639,877, Phrase-programmable digital speech system:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4639877A/en
US 4,675,840, Speech processor system with auxiliary memory access:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4675840A/en
Jostens Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jostens
BorgWarner, Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BorgWarner
Echo II Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_II_(expansion_card)
TI LPC speech chips Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_LPC_Speech_Chips
MAME a2echoii.cpp:
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/devices/bus/a2bus/a2echoii.cpp
Applefritter thread:
https://www.applefritter.com/content/help-needed-identify-strange-sound-card
Facebook group post:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5251478676/posts/10161816010923677/
Dodge Daytona:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Daytona#/media/File:1986_Daytona_Turbo_Z_CS_(Carroll_Shelby)_with_T_roof.png
Support the channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement
My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories
— Instructional videos
My video on chip removal without damage:
— Music
Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino
About The Author
