Covox Speech Thing sound card for parallel LPT port with TDA1543 DAC + Box

Description

1. Item description:
Covox Speech Thing sound card for parallel LPT port with TDA1543 DAC
Replica
+ Box
.
1.1 Features:
This lot contains a replica of the Covox Speech Thing sound card. A special feature of this device is the presence of a digital DAC on the TDA1543 chip, which provides better sound quality compared to a conventional resistor DAC.
Also, this sound card contains a preamp at the output, to which you can directly connect headphones.
The sound card requires +5 volts of power to work, which must be supplied to the miniUSB connector, for example, from a USB port or a phone charger.
The sound card is located in a 3D-printed plastic box, see the photo. There may be slight irregularities in the body.
Another version with a resistor DAC:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143363807880
Additionally, this sound card has an experimental "Covox Stereo-on-1" mode, which is activated by a switch on the back of the device. But unfortunately, "Covox Stereo-on-1" is supported only by some music trackers (players) and does not work with other games or drivers yet. List of trackers for the "Covox Stereo-on-1" mode: Inertia Player, Fast Tracker, ModEdit 2.0, Modplay PRO 2.19 b.
I use Modplay PRO 2.19 b to play music in stereo.
1.2 This lot includes:
1.
Covox Speech Thing sound card + Box
;
2. Wire to connect to
USB
(1,5 m).
The motherboard is not included in the package and is shown as an example.
1.3 Description taken from Wikipedia:
"The Covox Speech Thing is an external audio device attached to the computer to output digital sound. It was composed of the most primitive 8-bit DAC using a resistor ladder and an analogue signal output, and plugged into the printer port of the PC.
One widely used variant
The Speech Thing was introduced on December 18th, 1987 by Covox, Inc of Eugene, Oregon, for about 70 USD (79.95 USD as of 1989), but as its parts were much cheaper than the complete plug, and as its design was fairly simple, people soon started to build their own variants. The plug was used long into the 1990s, as sound cards were still very expensive at that time. The plug was also quite popular in the demoscene.
An inherent problem of the design is that it requires very precise resistors. If normal parts are used, the values get shuffled, especially for quiet sounds, resulting in distortion. Nevertheless, the sound quality of the Covox plug is far superior compared to the PC speaker; even today, a self-built Covox plug is still an inexpensive way to give old computers sound capabilities."
1.4 Supported Software:
MP3 and WAV Player:
MP3 Player
Cvxplay (Wav File Player)
WavePlay
MOD Player:
Inertia Player
GLX Player
Modplay
Mod Play Pro
Rainbow Player
Visual Player 2.0
Qmpd v1.2
MEGAPLAY v0.97
Mod Master and Mod Master XT
Music / Tracker:
Scream Tracker
Fast Tracker
Impulse Tracker
Sound Club
Space Pigs Tracker
Games:
3D Dinsaur Adventure
688 Attack Sub
Arachanophobia,
Adventures of Robbo
Battle Bugs (EMS required!)
Chopper Duell
Doom 2D
Electro Man / Electro Body
Pinball Fantasies 1 & 2
Pinball Dreams 2
SimAnt
Shadow President
Star Control 2
Sticky Bear Townbuilder
Street Fighter 2
Yo! Ye! Beat the Ghosts
Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat
Uncover It!
Ports of Call v2.0
Pim Pam Pum
Hariboys Quest
Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2
Last Half of Darkness
Zorro
Zoo Keeper (1997)
Emulators:
No$GMB – Gameboy Emulator
No$C64 – C64 Emulator
C64S – C64 Emulator
Soundcard Emulator:
TEMU imitates Disney Soundsource and Tandy
VirtualSound Blaster -> Prince of Persia (Digital FX)
Covoxer – Tandy 3 Voice Sound
Drivers for Windows 3.x (WAV Output)
COVOXWIN.ZIP
LPTDAC.386: LPTDAC Waveout Driver Version 1.0 (
Win
95/98)
2. Outer appearance and condition:
Good condition, tested, working.
There may be slight irregularities in the body.
See attached photos.
3. Terms of sale:
This is a private sale. All items from this listing are sold as is without returns and/or warranty. They are tested at the moment of posting a listing and the condition of items is described in the article above.
The lot will be packed and sent within 3 working days from the moment the payment for it was made (usually it will be at the next working day after the day of payment).
4. Payment:
The payment for the purchased lot must be made within 4 days from the moment of pressing a “buy” button, but not later than on the 4th day.
The lot will be packed and sent within 3 working days from the moment the payment for it was made (usually it will be at the next working day after the day of payment).
5. Terms of shipping:
Worldwide shipping.
When possible I make a combined shipping.
To get a discount on the combined shipping, when buying several items from me, please contact me.
Delivery to European countries and USA now takes the average of
20-45 days.
Currently, there is a limited number of air flights that perform postal services around the world.
In this regard, the delivery of the item may take up to
2-3 months
.
By purchasing the item, you agree to the condition that there may be delays and delivery may take longer than usual.
Thank you for understanding.
6. Other terms:
Contact with me if you have any questions.
Please, see my other lots of retro items.