Please note:
VecVoxX base and dev. will be shipped November 10th The VecVoxX std. will most likely be discontinued since a seperate lightpen will be available for only 19 EUR.
VecVoxX is a speakjet based device that allows Vectrex games to use synthesized speech!
Richard Hutchinson from www.vectrex.biz (sells Flashcarts btw!) engineered a brilliant piece of Vectrex add-on called VecVoice. Years later he did a VecVox based on the speakjet and added a chip for VecVoice compatibility.
Unluckily his VecVox never had a plastic casing with build in speaker so I redesigned the PCB, added a build-in speaker and called it VecVoxX (X stands for extended). The VecVoxX is 100% compatible to the VecVox and VecVoice.
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bottom view:
There are 3 different editions of the VecVoxX: base, std. and dev.:
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VV base
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VV std.
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VV dev.
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Vectrex connector
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X
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X
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X
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loopthru
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X
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X
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X
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internal speaker
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X
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X
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X
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volume adjust
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X
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X
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X
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VecVoice mode
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X
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X
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X
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lightpen port + switch
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X
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X
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headphone jack
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X
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X
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RS232 interface and USB power supply
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X
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PC mode switch
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X
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Future Vectrex games will support 2 Player games, 3D games or lighpen games with VecVoxX enabled so you can connect your 3D Imager, gamepad or lightpen (base) to the loopthru port.
The dev. version has a build in RS232 port allowing you to connect the vecvoxx to a PC serial port allowing you to use the Phraselator software for ultimate voice synthesis fun (and developing sound effects and speech for your vectrex games of course ;-))
order:
VecVoxX base: 35 EUR (weight 70g)
VecVoxX std.: 45 EUR (weight 72g)
(most likely no longer available since Lightpen is available seperately)
VecVoxX dev.: 55 EUR (weight 75g)
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