[Coco] SSC discussion

[S Klammer]

As far as sound quality, I suppose I would have to go with the Orch90 and
it was able to do stereo; however, I'm not aware of much software using it
outside of it's primary purpose of music.  The SSC was used in some games
from that era, in one form or another.

It is hard to code for something that isn't there.  Whether features are
used or not, should not, IMHO, disuade from those features from being
added... if those features can be added for little additional
time/cost/effort.

For example, the existing CocoSDC has 8 flash banks, ability to autostart
from any of them, use a new disk format, etc... and I've never used any of
those features.  Should they be there? IMHO, absolutely!, as one day I
will... as will anyone else who is inclined to do so... they are there just
waiting for us :)

Shain
On Oct 10, 2014 9:35 PM, "Brian Blake" <random.rodder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Shain,
>
> Well, there is that feature, and I honestly don't know, but, how does it
> compare to the Orchestra 90? Didn't someone say the SSC is CPU heavy?  I
> like the idea Nick was taking about, but, until we get more coders working
> on the CoCo again, I see little use in the effort. Nick's game is about the
> only thing being advertised right now.
>
> Even though I'm in it for a total of four CoCoSDC units, I'd certainly buy
> one with extended features - I'm all for that. But who's going to take
> advantage of those features? Not trying to be a buzz kill or anything, just
> looking at it from what i feel is a realistic point of view.
>
> If you build it, it may be sold; but who will develop for it?
>
> Brian
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> On Oct 10, 2014 9:22 PM, "S Klammer" <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ... oh, and the SSC did have the much more useful 3 voice, waveform
> > adjustable sound...
> >
> > Shain
> > On Oct 10, 2014 9:20 PM, "S Klammer" <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Couldn't agree more Brian.  The voice chip on the TI-99/4 series was
> > > vastly better (they did do the Speak&Spell, etc) and I still enjoy
> playing
> > > Parsec (once upon a time, I programmed a CC2 clone I'd called
> Distac7)...
> > > but, it would only say words from its internal vocabulary and not use
> the
> > > phonetic creation that the SSC did (although there may have been a
> > > subsequent revision which did).
> > >
> > > Shain
> > > On Oct 10, 2014 8:48 PM, "Brian Blake" <random.rodder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Way back when Cris Egger still had the CoCo Hut website going,  I was
> > >> working on an article for the website and Mary's now defunct e-zine,
> > >> comparing the Ti-99/4a to the CoCo line.
> > >>
> > >> It was a fairly in depth article that was starting to expand to a few
> > >> other
> > >> systems, when it came to comparing speech packs. The hardware I had on
> > >> hand
> > >> was the CoCo line and SSC, and the Ti and is speech adapter.
> > >>
> > >> The Ti speech pack soundly trounced the CoCo unit - badly - in the
> > >> comparison. So much so, that I put the SSC back in its package and
> played
> > >> Parsec for a few days. The sampled voices on Sundog Systems Sinistaar
> was
> > >> far better than anything I could get out of the SSC.
> > >>
> > >> I've got a Real Talker cart I haven't been able to test yet, and I'd
> like
> > >> to see what some of the other CoCo speech carts can do. To me, the SSC
> has
> > >> its place - in a package on a collectors shelf, never to be duplicated
> in
> > >> new hardware.
> > >>
> > >> If course this might just be the ramblings of my cynical side....
> > >>
> > >> Brian
> > >>
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