asciilifeform: linked item is notable however because not a covox : it emulates the isa sb, which had a microcontroller, but ~without~ one, with raw ttl fsm

asciilifeform: !#s covox

asciilifeform: !s covox

asciilifeform: http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1928/covox1.png << french built-in covox!

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: 'covox' was an actual product. and there was a similar item, 'disney sound source' (yes!)

asciilifeform: original (which no one i know ever touched) --- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Covox_Speech_Thing.jpg ; typical clone --- http://www.ferrit.fi/images/covox%20full.jpg

asciilifeform: i bet BingoBoingo built his own 'covox speechthing' clone in the '90s like the rest of us.