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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm a recent re-subscriber to the list after a long
absence. My electronics knowledge was dismal back in those days, but I'm
proud to say, I've now moved up to 'pathetic' status.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In any regard, I noticed all this talk of the
SN76477 being long gone, etc. etc. and I thought that some of you might like to
know that while ordering a few parts from Unicorn Electronics the other day, I
saw that they have these chips for sale (for a stiff price of $19.95,
though). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also noticed that they are advertising the
SN76489 sound chip also. I've got one of these in my collection, but I've
got no idea how to use it. Anyone have any data on this one?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As one last note, I bought an SN76477 a few
months ago from BG Micro for something like $6.95. shoulda bought more
I guess... oh well! Although with this one, the pin spacing is different
than the original (a smaller grid).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, that's it... glad to join you all
again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Brown</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:mike@electronium.com">mike@electronium.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.electronium.com">http://www.electronium.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=CnMcDo@aol.com href="mailto:CnMcDo@aol.com">CnMcDo@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl
href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</A> ; <A
title=rdd@rddavis.org href="mailto:rdd@rddavis.org">rdd@rddavis.org</A> ; <A
title=scottnoanh@peoplepc.com
href="mailto:scottnoanh@peoplepc.com">scottnoanh@peoplepc.com</A> ; <A
title=r.lekx@chello.nl href="mailto:r.lekx@chello.nl">r.lekx@chello.nl</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [sdiy] Question for SN76477 /
Darkstar owners - the sound? </DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">There's been a lot of talk about the SN76477 lately. Too
bad they are imposible to find now. Luckily I bought a chip about 2
years ago. I never got around to building anything with it yet mostly because
of this Darkstar article... <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue7/chaos.html">http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue7/chaos.html</A><BR><BR>The
sample links are misdirected. To play the sample you have to be creative.
Notice the main url and add "issues/". For example... <BR><BR><A
href="http://aural-innovations.com/issue7/s1.mp3">http://aural-innovations.com/issue7/s1.mp3</A><BR><BR>Becomes...
<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue7/s3.mp3">http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue7/s3.mp3</A><BR><BR>I
hate to say it but, does the SN76477/Darkstar really sound this bad? Every one
seems to rave about it, but these samples would lead on to believe otherwise.
I'd hate to spend the time and money building a SN76477 based module and find
it unusable. <BR><BR>Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks!</FONT>
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