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, /WR
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, Write Enable
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, 2
, /CS
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, Chip Select
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, 3
, A0
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, Control/Address Selec
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, 4
, OUTR
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, Sound Output Right
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, 5
, OUTL
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, Sound Output Left
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, 6
, IREF
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, Reference Current Supply
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, 7
, /DTACK
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, Data Transfer Acknowledge
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, 8
, CLK
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, External Clock
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, 9
, VSS
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, Ground
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, 10
, D0
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, Data Bus 0
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, 11
, D1
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, Data Bus 1
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, 12
, D2
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, Data Bus 2
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, 13
, D3
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, Data Bus 3
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, 14
, D4
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, Data Bus 4
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, 15
, D5
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, Data Bus 5
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, 16
, D6
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, Data Bus 6
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, 17
, D7
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, Data Bus 7
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, 18
, VDD
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, Power +5V
The
Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...
SAA1099 sound generator is a 6-voice
sound chip
A sound chip is an integrated circuit (chip) designed to produce audio signals through digital, analog or mixed-mode electronics. Sound chips are typically fabricated on metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) mixed-signal chips that process ...
used by some 1980s devices. It can produce several different waveforms by locking the volume envelope generator to the frequency generator, and also has a noise generator with 3 pre-set frequencies which can be locked to the frequency generator for greater range. It can output audio in fully independent stereo.
Uses
* The British-made
SAM Coupé
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:
Places
* Sam, Benin
* Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Iran
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People and fictional ...
computer
* The Creative Music System (''C/MS'') by
Creative Labs
Creative Technology Ltd. is a Singaporean multinational technology company headquartered with overseas offices in Shanghai, Tokyo, Dublin, and Silicon Valley (where in the US it is known as Creative Labs). The principal activities of the compa ...
, which was also marketed at
RadioShack
RadioShack, formerly RadioShack Corporation, is an American retailer founded in 1921.
At its peak in 1999, RadioShack operated over 8,000 worldwide stores named RadioShack or Tandy Electronics in the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Austra ...
as the ''Game Blaster''. They had 2 chips, for 12 voices.
** The Creative
Sound Blaster
Sound Blaster is a family of sound cards designed by Singaporean technology company Creative Technology (known in the US as Creative Labs). Sound Blaster sound cards were the de facto standard for consumer audio on the IBM PC compatible system pl ...
1.0 card (and 1.5 and 2.0 as an optional addon) also had Game Blaster features. These cards also had an
OPL2
The OPL (FM Operator Type-L) series are a family of Sound chip, sound chips developed by Yamaha Corporation, Yamaha. The OPL series are low-cost sound chips providing frequency modulation synthesis, FM synthesis for use in computing, music and vid ...
chip (aka
YM3812
The OPL (FM Operator Type-L) series are a family of sound chips developed by Yamaha. The OPL series are low-cost sound chips providing FM synthesis for use in computing, music and video game applications.
Internal operation
The internal operation ...
), which became much more popular.
*
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and soft ...
used it on the IO2 and IO3 board for sound generation. Although this feature was almost never documented or used, the SAA1099 is present and usable if addressed directly.