From: jaybird.qxz@bluegrasspals.qxz.com.qxz   
      
   Hi,   
      
   Sorry for the long delay in replying, just saw this!   
      
   The Echo doesn't need to be in a specific slot for Textalker to find it.   
   Somewhere there's a list of the slots Textalker tries, in order. I know   
   the first slot it looks in is slot 4, so you might try moving the Echo   
   to slot 4 and see if that fixes it. BTW I'm blind, so I've used an Echo   
   for my entire life of using Apple II computers.   
      
   Jayson   
      
   On 8/18/2021 10:23 PM, gatewa...@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   > I've had an Echo II speech synthesizer card installed in my Apple II+ for a   
   while and until now it was working fine. It's been a while since I used it,   
   and a couple of days ago I wanted to play around with it (make the computer   
   say "Do you want to play    
   a game?" like in the movie "Wargames", HA!).  But when I tried to run the   
   Textalker program on the disk, the computer keeps freezing up on the copyright   
   screen. It doesn't respond to any keys or even the reset button. I have to   
   turn off the computer and    
   restart it.   
   >   
   > The disk is not an original that came with the card. I bought the card on   
   eBay a couple of years ago and it came with a disk that looks like someone   
   just copied at some point. But it was working fine until now. I also made a   
   backup copy of the disk.    
   The disk reads fine, but the card itself doesn't seem to be doing anything.   
   >   
   > I've opened the computer and cleaned it, and added cards, etc since I last   
   used the Echo II. I was always very careful and I don't THINK I could have   
   damaged it. All the other cards are working fine. Is it possible the ECHO II   
   has to be in a specific    
   slot to work? Or could it be having some kind of conflict with another card or   
   something? I've tried moving it to a different slot but still can't get it to   
   work. The card itself looks in perfect condition, no bad traces or   
   contacts,etc.   
   >   
   > Here are the cards I have installed:   
   > Slot 0: Language Card   
   > Slot 1: Super Serial Card   
   > Slot 2: Grappler printer card (installed but not connects to a printer)   
   > Slot 3: "Wizard-80" 80 column card   
   > Slot 4: empty   
   > Slot 5: ECHO II card   
   > Slot 6: disk drive controller card   
   >   
   > I feel like I'm missing something. It seems like when I first got the card I   
   had trouble getting it to work at first then too, but I don't remember.   
   >   
   > I'd greatly appreciate any help!   
   > -Chris   
   >   
      
      
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