Atari 2600 sound chip

[Jim Patchell]

    Maybe I don't remember my Atari well, wasn't the sound in the POKEY chip in
the Atari 800?  I could have sworn that the sound in the Atari 800 was basically
the same as the 2600 (but maybe not the same chip).

    Of course, I could just be halucinating.....

    -Jim

Simon wrote:

> >I recall some discussion a while back on the list regarding the Atari 2600
> >games console and the sound chip that it uses (no, I'm not getting confused
> >with the Arp synth ;-) ). I found one of these machines at the back of my
> >shed somewhere and wondered if the sound IC inside it could be put to good
> >use. I've no doubt someone has already done this. Maybe a waveform gen or
> >something?
>
> I have an Atari 2600 cart called SoundX that gives control over the
> internal 2600 sound using the joysticks.
>
> I also have a similar cart for the Atari Lynx, it's called SFX.
>
> These are both DIY type carts.
>
> They provide basic control over two voices with on/off for both voices, and
> control over a couple of different sound parameters.
>
> Are there sound carts available for any other games consoles?
>
> Simon
> Canberra
> AUSTRALIA