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    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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    Gear, Tandy 1000), competing with the similar General Instrument AY-3-8910. It contains: 3 square wave tone generators A wide range of frequencies 16 different...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line Sound chip: General Instrument AY-3-8910 (PSG) Programmable Peripheral Interface: Intel 8255 "Heavy Hardware"....
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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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    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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  • soundtrack to Bubble Bobble was his first written for a soundchip, the AY-3-8910. Follin wrote the music for Black Lamp in one night after a bout of writer's...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    VRAM VDG: Ami S68047 (Motorola 6847 clone) Audio: General Instrument AY-3-8910, three channel sound, with one noise generator Introductory price: 59...
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  • composer and producer. In 1993 he started composing chiptunes on the AY-3-8910 fm-synth chip. With this experience with the Tracker software, he then...
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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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