{"id":9863,"date":"2019-07-25T19:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T23:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=9863"},"modified":"2019-07-25T19:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T23:30:03","slug":"a-commodore-vic-20-running-adventureland-with-a-votrax-type-n-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2019\/07\/25\/a-commodore-vic-20-running-adventureland-with-a-votrax-type-n-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Commodore VIC-20 running Adventureland with a Votrax Type ‘n Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is just a quick demo of my Commodore VIC-20<\/a> with a VIC-1011A RS-232C adapter and serial cable chain running to a Votrax Type ‘n Talk<\/a> text-to-speech synthesizer. The program is Scott Adams’ Adventureland<\/a> from 1981 via a Penultimate+<\/a> cartridge. As with all the Scott Adams adventure games for the VIC-20, it just automatically works with the Votrax. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this is not the most exciting video, as a fan of vintage speech synthesis, this is a big win for me, as I’ve struggled for years getting the right cable combination and settings to make the Votrax<\/a> work. I now need to try it on some of my other vintage computers, including a Commodore 64 and Apple II (with Super Serial card), although I’m not sure it will be quite so automatic. I also need to find out if the VIC-1011A will work directly on a Commodore 64 (I believe that’s the case).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, hopefully you’ll enjoy seeing and hearing a little of this fairly unusual setup in action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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