12 Jan
2012
12 Jan
'12
1:26 p.m.
On Jan 12, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Lance Lyon wrote:
I've heard that, though I've also heard they were more reliable (9v HMOS II
instead of 12v NMOS dissipating less heat...) I certainly know a lot of chiptune artists
prefer the older 6581 to the newer 8580. If you're into chiptunes, this site has MP3s
of recordings of thousands of tunes, each running on two revisions of the 6581 and also
the 8580 for comparison.
- Dave
Are there any
other hardware differences that you're aware of? Does
it run the same SUPER AWESOME AMAZINGLY ADVANCED BASIC (sorry Liam, I
couldn't resist! ;)) that the "ordinary" 64 runs?
"Super Awesome" is not exactly how'd I'd describe BASIC 2.0 .......
Major difference is with the SID chip - the new SIDs aren't as good as the
older ones (sound-wise). The PC board is also mostly all surface mount and
with a reduced chip count. Apart from that, largely the same as the old
breadboxes.