They are no longer manufactured but I do stock the SP0256-AL2 as well as some other interesting GI chips.
Yes, the hole size problem has been fixed on the new boards. They also have solder mask and silk screen component guide. Jim did a great job with this latest batch.
> I have added 2 new products to my site. The first is the AY-3-8910A
> > Programmable Sound Generator which was sold many years ago by Radio
> > Shack. The second is a new printed circuit board with solder mask and
> > component silk screen for the SP0256-AL2.
> >
> > I also sell the following speech related items:
> >
> > - SP0256-AL2 Speech Synthezier IC
> > - 3.12Mhz crstals
> > - CTS256A-AL2 Code-to-Speech Processing IC
> > - SP1000 LPC Recognition and Synthesis IC
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken
> >
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> Amazing! you have the SP0256 speech processor? Thought those things
> were extinct,great to know. I have one but i could sure use another. I
> also have a couple of the printed circuit boards, bought them directly
> from Jim awhile back. The original boards had a problem with small
> hole sizes for the crystal and such, im assuming that problem as bin
> fixed on the newer boards?
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