Phil, I still have one out of four working Sharp Talking Time 
clocks.  I used to use them as stop watches when practicing 
trumpet but since one gave up, I found a new stop watch from a 
Canadian store so don't have to over use my 1 still working 
talking time.  Have you messed with your clock to get it to play 
random  tones or say words other than those the clock was 
supposed to say? It has a bunch of words on that chip.  73, Jim 
WA6EKS
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From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:21:48 -0700
Subject: Sharp Talking Clock

Anybody remember the Sharp Talking Clock that came out years ago?  
I =
still have mine but with a cell phone and the atomic talking 
clocks we =
have in the house, plus my atomic wrist watch, I've just found 
little =
purpose to use the old Sharp.  I got it out and changed the dead 
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batteries and fiddled around with it and have it set to tell me 
the time =
on the half our and on the hour.  Plus, I'm using it as a timer 
when =
riding my stationary exercise bike.  I got to figuring about when 
I got =
mine and it turned out to be 34 years ago.  The thing is still 
working =
great.  That was around the time Mount Saint Helens blew.  That 
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related to an interesting ham story on 20 meters sideband I'll 
tell =
next.

Phil.
K0NX