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First post, by keropi

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Hiya!

I searched a little but found no info, plus I watch eBay and never sold one on sale... is there a source to get a Covox Speech Thing / Disney Sound source / or compatible device?
Do you have any info? (I cannot build one my self 🤣)
thanks!!!

Reply 1 of 50, by rumbadumba

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**********IBM PS/1 BASE UNIT+THE SOUND SOURCE**********
ebay uk item number 110337287108
seller retrogameswiz

This didnt sell so maybe the guy still has it - seems to include a Disney sound source.

Reply 2 of 50, by Amigaz

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Yep, that sure is a Disney Sound Source 😀

Not sure if Keropi needs another PS/1 unit 😁

My retro computer stuff: https://lychee.jjserver.net/#16136303902327

Reply 3 of 50, by keropi

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🤣 yeah, just need the source/thingie... 😁 thanks though!

🎵 🎧 PCMIDI MPU , OrpheusII , Action Rewind , Megacard and 🎶GoldLib soundcard website

Reply 4 of 50, by Amigaz

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keropi wrote:

🤣 yeah, just need the source/thingie... 😁 thanks though!

I have one boxed only used twice (not kidding)...wanna trade for your Game Blaster? 😉

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Reply 6 of 50, by keropi

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@Amigaz :

🤣 my gameblaster is not used a single time! :p

@h-a-l-9000:
not really, I prefer a pre-made one... there was a page with some schematircs of some sorts IIRC?

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Reply 7 of 50, by Amigaz

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keropi wrote:
@Amigaz : […]
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@Amigaz :

🤣 my gameblaster is not used a single time! :p

@h-a-l-9000:
not really, I prefer a pre-made one... there was a page with some schematircs of some sorts IIRC?

Not used? sounds like you could do a trade, amigo 😉

My retro computer stuff: https://lychee.jjserver.net/#16136303902327

Reply 9 of 50, by Amigaz

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keropi wrote:
lpt dac for a gameblaster? […]
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lpt dac for a gameblaster?

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🤣

P-L-E-A-S-E?

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Reply 11 of 50, by Silent Loon

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What about the Azetech Sound Galaxy NX 16 Pro?

Did you get one? Tried it? ( Covox / Disney LPT thingies )

It would be interesting to know how it sounds like. I have the card but it is not installed and I also do not know, if I have one of the games that natively support the Disney Soundsource...

Reply 13 of 50, by Amigaz

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Silent Loon wrote:

What about the Azetech Sound Galaxy NX 16 Pro?

Did you get one? Tried it? ( Covox / Disney LPT thingies )

It would be interesting to know how it sounds like. I have the card but it is not installed and I also do not know, if I have one of the games that natively support the Disney Soundsource...

I can do some recordings if there's interest...

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Reply 15 of 50, by butterfly

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From Visual Player (DOS MOD player) shareware version's README (available at http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sound.html)

The circuit: ------------ And here it is the circuit: a Digital to Analog Converter that plugs into the printer port and to the […]
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The circuit:
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And here it is the circuit: a Digital to Analog Converter that plugs into
the printer port and to the amplifier. To build it, you will just need 18 1%
resistors, 2 capacitors, a male D-25 connector, and a jack. It is very
important that the resistors have 1% tolerance, because if they have 5% or
more, the thing will sound like hell.

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This circuit is an enhancement of the one that came with Mark J.Cox ModPlay,
so we thank Mark J.Cox for his original design.

EDIT
There is also a project for a stereo DAC on LPT ports but I lost track of it

Reply 16 of 50, by keropi

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2 years later I am resurrecting this thread to let you know that there is an e-shop in Spain that sells covox clones for 6eur: http://www.retrocables.es/product.php?id_prod … ct=63&id_lang=1
enjoy!

🎵 🎧 PCMIDI MPU , OrpheusII , Action Rewind , Megacard and 🎶GoldLib soundcard website

Reply 18 of 50, by RichB93

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keropi wrote:

2 years later I am resurrecting this thread to let you know that there is an e-shop in Spain that sells covox clones for 6eur: http://www.retrocables.es/product.php?id_prod … ct=63&id_lang=1
enjoy!

That's a really nice neat way of doing it. Guess it could be perfected by having an audio socket inside the parallel plug, although it'd be a tad fiddly to do 😜