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From: tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Interfacing... good references?
Message-ID: <11068@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 89 05:54:24 GMT
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Reply-To: tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle)
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In article <180@zorin.UUCP> chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen) writes:
>One last request... Does anyone know of a sound effects chip that is
>designed for uProcessor interfacing? I've seen ones that want all sorts of
>LC networks hooked up to most pins for different effects, but does anyone
>know of one that works off a data bus, instead of all that analog goo??

Yes... try a General Instrument AY-3-8910.

This produces a wide range of sound, and is programmable via registers.
Should be very available to boot.  It's a forty-pin package, and is 
intended for direct hookup to a processor.

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