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soundchips be like [PART 2] (lemmy.sdf.org)
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SOUNDCHIPS EXPLAINED part 2! SID sid: im da best dude 1 (sid fan): obviously the goat dude 2 (soundblaster fan): no ur not, soundblaster is better sid: stfu dude 2 AY-3-8910 oscilloscope with weird wave guy: how tf do u do that waveform when you dont have fm???? ay: haha envelopes go brrr POKEY guy: are you a keyboard controller or a soundchip pokey: yes DUMMY SYSTEM guy: you suck dummy system: i know

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[โ€“] uservoid1 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

SID was the Commodore 64 sound generator chip. While rest of that era personal computers and game console could just do fancy beeps at most, SID had a programmable synthesizer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

And the printed manual that came with the computer showed you how to program it.

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