The speech driver used by PC-VCO does not work as it stands for clock speeds other than 4.77 Mhz. This problem can be corrected as follows: Using debug, change the bytes at offset 2a1 and 2a2 hex in the file SPEECH.COM. The values for a 4.77 Mhz clock are 08 and 08. Change the value accordingly: Value at 2a1 Value at 2a2 Clock speed ------------ ------------ ----------- 8 8 4.77 Mhz 0Dh 0Dh 8 Mhz 11h 11h 10 Mhz 14h 14h 12 Mhz The values above are scaled proportionately to the ratio of the desired clock speed to 4.77 MHz. For example, 12 Mhz yeilds: 12/4.77*8 => 20.125 which I've taken as 14H. Experiment will allow you to change the value according to your particular cpu speed, as well as the ration of clock speeds. Both bytes should contain the same value (the on/off period for one cycle). The following example session with debug will change the values: Enter copy speech.com speech-8.com<CR> debug speech-8.com<CR> where <CR> means the enter key. Debug will display a "-" prompt. Then enter e2a1<CR>. Debug will display something like "xxxx:02a1 08.". The xxxx value will vary from computer to computer. Debug should display the number 08 as above. If this value is not 08, then you do not have the correct SPEECH.COM (there are several floating around) and should not continue. This patch only works for this particular version. To change the value for an 8Mhz clock, enter D<CR> Similarly, enter e2a2<CR>. D<CR> followed by w<CR> and then q<CR>. The result should appear similar to: A>debug speech-8.com -e2a1 xxxx:02a1 08.d -e2a2 xxxx:02a2 08.d -w -q A>