15 Feb
2006
15 Feb
'06
4:24 p.m.
At 05:54 PM 2/15/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
SID and CIA chips used to die left and right back in the day, no?
CIAs are understandable because they dealt with I/O connectors,
but I thought SID chips died often, too.
- John
It's my understanding that the folks interested in
these are using them in
audio synthesizer type applications.
"Emulation" has a new shade of meaning in this context, doesn't it?
Incorporating old chips into new designs in order to perfectly
reproduce unique functionality like the quirks of the SID audio.
Has anyone
ever determined why SID chips were so sensitive and
tried to determine a preventative?
Sensitive how?