[sdiy] Star Wars PCB IC's

[Glen]

At 09:48 PM 8/18/01 , Prototek wrote: 
>
>    A friend just gave me all the PCB's from the coin operated Star Wars Atari
> game of the early 80's.
>    There are 3 boards and one is clearly marked "sound board." I believe the
> sound comes from four large "POKEY CO-12294 sound and I/O chip's." Does that
> ring a bell with anyone? Do you think there's anything worth pinching from
> this board?



I can tell you is that "Pokey" was also the code name of the sound generating
chip used in the Atari 400 and 800 computers. It was also used in a lot of
their other 8-bit personal computers as well. Whether it is compatible with the
"Pokey" chip you have, I couldn't say. The personal computers only contained a
single "Pokey" chip, which generated all the sounds on these computers.

I'm not sure if anyone has ever built a Synth-DIY project with Atari's Pokey
chip before. I hear a lot about Commodore's SID chip being used today for
music, but that's about it, as far as recycling old computer parts for synth
projects is concerned.

Later,
Glen