Posted By
RobertB
on 2011-12-02
23:33:30
|  Re: Commodore Free issue 56 on-line (fwd)
Chicken wrote:
> However, the card you can see is neither Solders SID card nor is it manufactured by
> Solder.
> It's NST's Audio Extension developed and manufactured by BSZ.
> Solder's card has been there since the early 90s, BSZ's card is a brand new thing with
> many improvements compared to the old design, yet compatible in almost every way.
> Even including the playback functions of the Digi-Blaster which originally was an add-on
> for Solder's SID card.
> You can find technical details in the documentation here
> http://bsz.amigaspirit.hu/nae/NST_SIDcard-20110910-En.pdf
> Moreover, the headline "Plus4/264/TED gets a SID Chip y'all" is a bit misleading because
> the card comes without a SID chip. Of course a SID is required.
> Don't get me wrong, I wasn't criticizing the article/posting. I'm happy about every
> plus/4 related posting/article. It's just that the different cards and developers were
> mixed up. Considering the many failed attempts to produce a new SID card, I think BSZ
> definitely deserves proper credit
Ah, thanks for the detailed explanation. I will forward the above to Bil Herd.
Still trying to edit the Bil Herd video,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
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