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PROGRAMMABLE SOUND GENERATOR S

Atari

--- POKEY

General Instrument

--- General Instrument AY-3-8910 (same as Yamaha YM2149)

MOS Technology

--- MOS Technology 6560 / 6561 "VIC"

--- MOS Technology 6581 / 8580 "SID"

--- MOS Technology 7360 / 8360 "TED"

Nintendo

--- Nintendo 2A03

Philips

--- Philips SAA 1099

Texas Instruments

--- Texas Instruments SN76477

--- Texas Instruments SN76489

Yamaha

---Yamaha YM2149 (same as General Instrument AY-3-8910 )

---Yamaha 2 operator FM Synthesis (OPL series)

-- Yamaha YM3526 And Y8950 (a.k.a. OPL, ''FM Operator Type-L'')

-- Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2) Used in Sound Blaster

-- Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3 - also has 4-operator capabilities)

-- Yamaha YMF278 (a.k.a. OPL4) Used in Moonsound

-- Yamaha YM2413 (a.k.a. OPLL)

---Yamaha 4 operator FM Synthesis

-- Yamaha YM2203 (a.k.a OPN)

-- Yamaha YM2612 (a.k.a OPN2)

-- Yamaha YM2610 (a.k.a OPNB)

-- Yamaha YM2151 (a.k.a OPM)

-- Yamaha YM2164 (a.k.a OPP)

PULSE-CODE MODULATION ( SAMPLE BASED)

--- MOS Technology 8364 "Paula"

--- Sony SPC700

--- National LMC 1992

EXTERNAL LINKS

Sound generators of the 1980s home computers - Has a list of chips, pictures, datasheets, etc.