Number 1, I think the movie you refer to was E.T., in which he used a Speak and Spell as part of his "phone home". Number 2, what makes you think that just because they did it in a movie that it was possible in real life? CIAO - Martin. On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:23:16 +0000, "Frank A. Vorstenbosch" wrote: >On Wed 17 Dec, "Paul B. Webster VK2BZC" wrote: >> >> Ahh yes, but that was Votrax. Was it completely encapsulated in epoxy >> resin to make it un-repairable, like the Type-n'-Talk? > >I remember seeing a film once or twice (movie for the americans) in which >a Type'n'Talk was hooked up to some kind of weird transmitter. So it >couldn't have been completely un-repairable... > >Frank :-) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Frank A. Vorstenbosch Phone: +44-181-636 3391 >Electronics & Software Engineer or: +44-181-636 3000 >Eidos Technologies Ltd., Wimbledon, London Mobile: +44-976-430 569 Martin R. Green elimar@NOSPAMbigfoot.com To reply, remove the NOSPAM from the return address. Stamp out SPAM everywhere!!!