Posted By
MMS
on 2019-04-11
16:47:38
 |  Re: what are the odds of massive failure of plus 4
Unfortunately the link does not work.
If it is not too complex, I may repeat it, though first I have to learn how to solder  (OK, properly...)
This mod could solve two things at the same time: dead 8501, and the hard to realize 256K upgrades.
(comment: the SAA sound IC you referred is used in the SAM Coupe also in the Turbosound for ZX Spectrum.
Even Gameblaster and Soundblaster 1.5, although in the later noone used it (they preferred the Yamaha, but it was much more complex to program)
SAA seems to be a rather decent IC, especially seeing, how easy to swith to digital (eg. MOD) playback.
Certainly much cheaper than SID.
Sound is kind of something between TED and a chopped down SID (sawtooth, noise and square without filters), and really enjoyable, and a lot of digital music seen in demos.
https://velesoft.speccy.cz/saa1099-cz.htm
Would be a nice expansion like the Sound Expander for C64
And certainly the price of an SAA1099 is 1.5 - 2.0 €, that is nothing, even if stereo dual use planned.
Well, nice collecton of game mui th dual SAA1099 :-) Really like a TED on steroids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgZzuFXzLc
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