TODO file

[Tom Fowle]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 04:54:24PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 12:39:55PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Okash Khawaja, le ven. 15 mars 2019 10:57:35 +0000, a ecrit:
> > > 1. What are our options for internal synths which still use direct
> > > communication with hardware: acntpc, decpc, dtlk and keypc?
> > 
> > I was thinking they could just remain in staging. The corresponding
> > hardware is very difficult to make work nowadays (typically ISA cards),
> > so I don't think it is a problem that they are not in mainline.
> 
> I'd just like to chime in here, and say that at least myself, and one
> more person on this list are still using a DoubleTalk PC card (dtlk
> driver). While I understand the two of us are in the minority, it
> would be appreciated if these cards could be made to work once again
> with newer kernels.
> 
> Unfortunately, shipping a PC within the U.S. is quite expensive, never
> mind shipping one from the U.S. to the U.K. Since this hardware is
> also rare as Samuel points out, I admit parting with that machine to
> ship it would be a last resort option for me. Getting into linux
> development is on my to do list, so maybe I'll resolve this myself one
> day if I'm still using the DoubleTalk card by that time.
> 
> Greg
> 
I am another doubletalk PC user it's a matter of preference, I find espeak
harsh and tiring to listen too for long.
The doubletalk pc does use an isa slot and it is still possible to find
relatively modern mother boards with "legacy" ISA slots however, I'm pretty
sure the doubletalk PC is no longer available.

>From any rational viewpoint it is hard to see why anybody would go to the
trouble to work on this but it would be much appreciated.

I'm considering trying voxin if my current usage including the older kernel
required for Doubletalk PC support becomes non-viable 
I guess the question is to what extent and with what difficulty could the
old functional doubletalk module be made to work with the newer kernels. 
Not being a developer I'm sure I'd not understand that problem.

Thanks for any consideration
tom Fowle WA;6IVG

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