The Spectrum Show #11

The new series starts here - and we're in High Definition too, so remember to use those YouTube controls to get the best resolution. 1984 kicks off and we get all the Sinclair news and latest game releases as Xmas fades away and a new year begins. We take a look at the Currah Speech Unit, letting your spectrum talk back! Some old Abbex games get scrutinised with varying results and we look at a newer title. Best viewed on Youtube. ...

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Currah Speech |Unit

We had all seen movies and television shows that depicted computers that could take, some in realistic human voices, others in a metallic and robotic way, so when a small add-on arrived on the market in 1983 that promised to give your Spectrum the same functionality, I was eager to get one and hear what my micro sounded like. The unit was quite small, just 7.5 x 8 cm and only 1.8cm thick and offered the added bonus of allowing your Spectrum's sound to be outputted through your television. Connecting it up was easy, just plug it into the expansion port of your Spectrum, swap the aerial leads and plug in the 3.5mm jack into the Mic socket. The unit had no pass through port, so had to be the last device attached, which could prove troublesome...

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