[sdiy] DarkStar Chaos

[anthony]

>> Can't help you but I've been looking a lot at different web pages about 
>> the
>> Dark Star Chaos and  now I want to make one. I think I'll make a mini
>> version out of another Texas Instrument chip - the one they used in the
>> TI-99.
>
> That would be the TMS9919 which is not even in the same league of 
> weirdness
> and noise as the SN76477.  Its much more like a SID chip but less.

Yeah I know I'm only fooling myself. I've actually abondoned plans to use 
that
TMS9919 (actually mine is an SN94624 but they're exactly the same as far as
know).

It would be too much circuitry for no more than it would be able to do.

> Thankfully I have found a couple DarkStar boards.  Maybe Mr Blacet could 
> be
> convinced to either re-issue the beastie or officially release the
> schematics of it for personal use.