On Jan 12, 2012, at 8:26 AM, David Riley 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.
Er, yes, that link was:
http://www.6581-8580.com/
- Dave