[Coco] Including an SSC (was: CocoSDC)

[S Klammer]

Supplementary - not to get into a Coco 4 type discussion :) , although
"official" audio would likely be preferable, even the addition of an MP3
chip that could also access the SD card...

Shain
On Oct 10, 2014 12:02 PM, "S Klammer" <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Understood and would agree.  Just thought an addition of this nature, even
> if it were just a set of headers for a daughterboard, might have made it
> just that much more awesome :)
>
> I've not played with a SSC in awhile; however, had thought it might have
> been possible to emulate into a CPLD.
>
> At any rate, I do look forward to more people being able to use Darren's
> (I can not add enough emphasis) great work!
>
> Shain
> On Oct 10, 2014 10:57 AM, "Zippster" <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There won’t be any changes for this run.
>> We’d have to go through prototyping and testing, and I think there
>> are enough people wanting Darren’s (awesome) board as it is now.
>>
>> - Ed
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2014, at 9:07 AM, tim lindner <tlindner at macmess.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:49 AM, S Klammer <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Although Darren's CocoSDC is great on its own (I do have one)... since
>> so
>> >> many units are being requested, would it be a thought to try and
>> include an
>> >> onboard SSC and/or Orch90?
>> >
>> > As someone who has extensively studied the internals of the SSC, I
>> > would say it is not worth it.
>> >
>> > http://tlindner.macmess.org/?page_id=96
>> >
>> > The SSC is a whole extra computer sitting on the CoCo's bus. The MPU
>> > is custom and not available.
>> >
>> > It would be much better (for the software developer) for the PSG to be
>> > directly connected to the CoCo. While this would suck for software
>> > already written for the SSC. It would make new software more
>> > streamlined.
>> >
>> > As far as the Orch-90, that hardware is dead simple. Programs that use
>> > the Orch-90 for sound don't usually do much else. The CPU overhead for
>> > the device is huge.
>> >
>> > Personally, I would not want the SDC to contain a major change on this
>> run.
>> >
>> > A PSG and Orch-90 card would make a great project for the CoCo
>> > development board mentioned elsewhere on the list.
>> >
>> > Footnote: PSG:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Sound_Generator
>> >
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