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As I was going through I box of old chips I found in the basement, I came
accross 12 MOS6581 chips. If I recall these were the 8 bit noisemaker sound
chips from the Commodore 64. Has anyone ever played with these? Are they of
any use in a Module? I know this was a hybrid analog/digital chip with 3
Osc (Tri, Saw, Pulse, Noise) 3 EG's, 12db Filter, Ring Mod & Audio Input.
It may have to be driven by a 6502 or similar processor. Is there any hope
for these chips, or should I toss them back in the box? I wouldn't mind
having a cheesy Atari 2600 sounding tone generator. Let me know what you
think. -Nate

PS I've got 12 so I'm willing to share if anyone wants to play around.

Now, there is a box called a SIDStation that does this very thing! Kind of
expensive (~$450). Reviews are mixed.

Paul S.

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From: Nathan Alan Hunsicker <nate@...>
To: <motm@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: [motm] Totally off topic


> From: Nathan Alan Hunsicker <nate@...>
>
> As I was going through I box of old chips I found in the basement, I came
> accross 12 MOS6581 chips. If I recall these were the 8 bit noisemaker
sound
> chips from the Commodore 64. Has anyone ever played with these? Are they
of

> any use in a Module? I know this was a hybrid analog/digital chip with 3
> Osc (Tri, Saw, Pulse, Noise) 3 EG's, 12db Filter, Ring Mod & Audio Input.
> It may have to be driven by a 6502 or similar processor. Is there any hope
> for these chips, or should I toss them back in the box? I wouldn't mind
> having a cheesy Atari 2600 sounding tone generator. Let me know what you
> think. -Nate
>
> PS I've got 12 so I'm willing to share if anyone wants to play around.
>
>
>
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In a message dated 02/16/2000 9:47:56 AM, nate@... writes:

<< As I was going through I box of old chips I found in the basement, I came
accross 12 MOS6581 chips....  PS I've got 12 so I'm willing to share if 
anyone wants to play around. >>

I've got a SidStation that uses these.  While not the world's answer to 
musical instruments, this thing is a SERIOUS sound creation device.  It can 
do some great things, in my opinion.  Check out the following links:

http://www.sidstation.com/
http://www.abstractreality.com/sidstation/

For info on the MOS6581 SID chip itself, check out:

http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9426444/sidpage.html

And there is another Sid machine, although I'm not sure it is in production:

http://www.sid2.com/

Ivan

The third link doesn't work for those of us using Internet Explorer. It does
a redirect to a tiresome "Evil Empire" poster page (give me a break).

The MP3s sound cool though.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	IvanCU@... [mailto:IvanCU@...]
		Sent:	Wednesday, February 16, 2000 10:39 AM
		To:	motm@onelist.com
		Subject:	Re: [motm] Totally off topic


		http://www.sidstation.com/
		http://www.abstractreality.com/sidstation/

		For info on the MOS6581 SID chip itself, check out:

		http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9426444/sidpage.html

		And there is another Sid machine, although I'm not sure it
is in production:

		http://www.sid2.com/