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Date: 12-21-89 (12:50) Number: 48 To: ALL Refer#: NONE From: DARRYL BIECH Read: (N/A) Subj: MISC. 'BERT' INFORMATION Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS CONFERENCE CLOSELY, AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SEVERAL PEOPLE EITHER DON'T HAVE THE APRIL & MAY '87 BYTE ISSUES WHICH DESCRIBE KARL BROWN'S 'BERT' BASIC EDUCATIONAL ROBOT TRAINER OR DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS. > THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 'BERT' PERIPHERALS WHICH CAN BE ASSEMBLED WHILE YOU WAIT IF YOU ARE A KEENER. > THE RADIO SHACK SEMI-CONDUCTOR REFERENCE GUIDE (CAT. NO. 276-4010) CONTAINS THE SCHEMATIC FOR THE SPEECH PROCESSOR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS SCHEMATIC AND THE ONE FOR BERT ARE A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES IN CAPACITANCE VALUES. AS A SIDE BENEFIT, YOU CAN LEARN ALL YOU WANT ABOUT PHONEMES AND ALLOPHONES IN THE PROCESS. I BOUGHT THE 1987 VERSION OF THE CATALOG FOR $5.99 CANADIAN. > DURING THE BERT COURSE AT V.C.C. IN SPRING '87, KARL MENTIONED AN INFRA-RED RANGE DETECTOR SCHEMATIC FOUND IN "ELECTRONICS TODAY INTERNATIONAL", AUGUST 1982 EDITION BY RORY HOLMES...I DO NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE AND CANNOT THEREFORE MAKE ANY STATEMENT ABOUT IT. I AM ASSUMING THAT THE SCHEMATIC WE WERE GIVEN DURING THE BERT COURSE WAS BASED ON THE HOLMES ARTICLE. > IN CONCLUSION, YOU CAN BUILD THE SPEECH SYNTHESIZER AND THE INFRA-RED RANGE DETECTOR ON SEPARATE BOARDS PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE KIT, ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE NOT ORDERED THOSE PERIPHERALS AS WELL. YOU NEED THE KIT TO KNOW HOW TO INTERFACE THE PERIPHERALS TO BERT THOUGH. > - DARRYL BIECH NET/Mail : British Columbia Forth Board - Burnaby BC - (604)434-5886 ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated program. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'