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Re: ZF Microsystems MachZ

From: Christopher Allen <>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:57:14 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Christopher Allen wrote:

>EMJ has the chip by itself for $82. EMJ also sells it with the
>development board for $841. I would like to know the size of the dev
>board, but I'm having problems communicating w/ ZFMicro. Someone please
>help here

ZFMicro called me yesterday. The dimensions are 5.75" x 8.0", 8 ounces.

This is kinda big but a lot smaller than I was fearing. I've seen some
truly massive dev boards for sale on embedded manufacturer sites. 

Since the power requirements are almost non-existent on the MachZ chip,
this might make a sweet wearable for emacspeak computing if you could
shut the graphics chips on the dev board down to zero power. Can that be
done?

Is a 586 at 133MHz fast enough for Via Voice Outloud? (dev board comes
with Soundblaster) Or should I use a PC/104 Doubletalk module in the dev 
board's PC/104 slot?

Any help appreciated,
-Chris

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