[sdiy] Interesting article on top octave generators.

[Gordonjcp]

On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 11:35:04PM -0800, Donald Tillman wrote:
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> But y'know... I can't help but think that it's downright weird to replace a TOG chip with a computer.  Of course if it works, it works; certainly.  It's just that the technological limitations of the day were so fundamental to the very nature of these instruments.
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You're not replacing it with a "computer". You're replacing a bunch of hardwired dividers with some programmable dividers and a tiny microcontroller to set them up.


> If it was me, I would have directly emulated the chip with, say, 6 CD4040's and some diodes.  Which is probably exactly what the Hammond engineers did while they were building prototypes and waiting for the TOG chips to be delivered.

I think you'd find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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Gordonjcp