demo (noise not used) Problems playing this file? See media help. The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice programmable sound generator (PSG) designed by General Instrument...
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abbreviated as "AY" General Instrument AY-3-8910, a computer sound chip common in the 1980s and often referred to as the "AY chip" AY, IATA airline designator...
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Texas Instruments SN76489 (redirect from Tandy 3-Voice)
Game Gear, and the Tandy 1000. Competing with the General Instrument AY-3-8910, the SN76489 offered three tone generators for musical notes and a noise...
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special model for the Apple IIc. Sound was generated through one or more AY-3-8910 or compatible sound chips, with one chip offering three square-wave synthesis...
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colors, 16 million color palette, 256/512 Kb video RAM Sound: Beeper, AY-3-8910, 16-bit DAC IDE & FDD onboard controllers Two ISA-8 slots "nedoPC - Sprinter...
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composite video outputs. Sound was generated by a General Instruments AY-3-8910 chip. It was replaced by the VG-8220, a MSX2 compatible machine. The computer...
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Archived from the original on 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2014-09-27. AY-3-8910 / AY-3-8912 / AY-3-8913: Programmable Sound Generator (PDF). General Instrument...
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programs/data. A sound card became available, built around the General Instrument AY-3-8910, which together with a Peripheral Interface Adapter (PIA) WDC 65C21 chip...
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internal implementation of the Yamaha YM2149/SSG, a variant of the popular AY-3-8910/PSG for producing three channels of square wave synthesis or noise. ADPCM...
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including the CP1600 used in the Mattel Intellivision game console, the AY-3-8910 series of sound chips that were used in a huge variety of designs, and...
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colours, 32 sprite planes Audio: AY-3-8910 (also reads the keyboard matrix) Z84C30 CTC Z84C20 PIO Intel 8251 SIO 1770 FDC 3'' floppy disk controllers Z80...
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PSGs feature three tone channels and one noise channel including the AY-3-8910, SN76489 and MOS Technology 6581. In the late 1970s, more electronic consumer...
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level for a fixed length of time before decaying. The General Instrument AY-3-8910 sound chip includes only a hold time parameter; the sustain level is not...
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characters x 24 lines colors: 16 sprites: 32 Sound General Instrument AY-3-8910-soundchip 3 sound channels 1 noise channels 1 envelope controller Connectors...
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and 64KB of RAM. Sound is produced by a General Instrument AY-3-8910 chip, providing 3 voices with 8 octaves each. Video is generated by an AMI S68047...
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clone). Introduced in 1991, it was fitted with a Zilog Z80B processor, a AY-3-8910 sound chip, whilst RAM memory options ranged from 256 to 1024 KB. The...
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(expensive) bubble memory technology, the FM-7 was given a more advanced AY-3-8910 sound chip capable of three voice sound synthesis, leading to a strong...
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128×96, 128×192, 256×192 graphics with 2 background and 3 foreground colors) Sound: AY-3-8910 (3 voices and white noise) Ports: cassette recorder interface...
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additional cartridge port for memory expansion, and the General Instrument AY-3-8910 sound chip. Other peripherals were the Data recorder, 40 column thermal...
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of dedicated VRAM, sound and partial I/O support was provided by the AY-3-8910 chip manufactured by General Instrument (GI), and an Intel 8255 Programmable...
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Software-controlled Sound Generator, Yamaha YM2149F version of General Instrument AY-3-8910 IC US Navy hull classification for cruise missile submarines Staff sergeant...
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32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line Sound chip: General Instrument AY-3-8910 (PSG) I/O chip: Intel 8255 The standard ports of a SV-318 / SV-328 support...
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interpreter. The Oric-1 has a sound chip, the programmable General Instrument AY-3-8910. Two graphics modes are handled by a semi-custom ASIC (HSC 10017 ULA)...
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32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line Sound chip: General Instrument AY-3-8910 (PSG) Programmable Peripheral Interface: Intel 8255 Samdal, Roger. "Spectravideo...
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corrupted checkerboard pattern. The Gamate internally uses an AY-3-8910 sound chip that can generate 3 channels of square waves and one for noise. The Gamate's...
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capabilities of the computer can be expanded. A pair of General Instruments AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generators are used in the expanded version, meaning...
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the computer's memory. It also included software to work with the AY-3-8910 and AY-3-8912 music co-processors, and the Covox Speech Thing. There are a...
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a Yamaha YM2149 PSG-sound chip, compatible with a General Instrument AY-3-8910 parallel I/O chip: backward compatible with the Intel i8255 standard MSX1...
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Display: CGA and Yamaha V9938 for MSX2 graphics Sound: General Instrument AY-3-8910 (PSG) Ports: two joystick ports, TV out, video monitor out, parallel port...
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bus for parallel high speed I/O. The DAI also had 3 sound generators and 1 noise generator (AY-3-8910 sound chip), and was capable of generating stereo...
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