<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> 2010-06-30T23:11:05Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/1784/chipmusic-instrument-from-1979/ <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> Yeah, that thing doesn't belong in a musician's hands, but in a collector's collection. If you really wanted to make that kind of analog synth you could just nab the chip and interface it yourself, to an old computer even if you wanted to.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-06-30T23:11:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28938/#p28938 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> Fucking shit.
Also, funny choice of screen resolution for text hmm

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-06-30T21:19:44Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28926/#p28926 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> WHAT A DEAL! JUMP ON IT NOW! - http://cgi.ebay.com/Interact-Home-Compu … 5634491dbd

]]> https://chipmusic.org/naxat 2010-06-30T21:06:04Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28922/#p28922 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> I like what I have discovered in this thread. Thanks for all the info smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-06-30T20:40:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28920/#p28920 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> There's an SN7647 in the Swedish ABC80 home computer, too (from 1978). Apparently, some parts of the chip used analog control signals, so in most cheap designs it ought to have been inflexible to control (as is the case with the ABC80, apparently: http://board.kohina.net/viewtopic.php?t=393).

]]> https://chipmusic.org/boomlinde 2010-06-30T20:00:01Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28914/#p28914 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> Seems it uses SN76477 as sound synth, which is rather cool (it is 1-channel digitally controlled analog synth).

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Shiru 2010-06-30T19:49:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28913/#p28913 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> Hmm, schematics here http://www.thebattles.net/oddments/inte … tSchem.pdf

Open case http://oldcomputers.net/interact.html

]]> https://chipmusic.org/%C2%B5B 2010-06-30T18:50:42Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28906/#p28906 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> It's called the "Interact Computer" on the order section of the ad.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/8bitweapon 2010-06-30T17:15:51Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28897/#p28897 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> akira^8GB wrote:

Probably has a beeper-type sound. Useless or pointless to get one for music or anything at all

not necessarily. looking at the center screen image, i wonder if it has a 2 channel flip flop like some of the machines made in GDR. such interfaces existed for altair too, if i recall correctly.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/irrlichtproject 2010-06-30T17:02:53Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28895/#p28895 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> It doesn't even say the name of the computer.
Does it have a name?

It's based on the 8080 yet not PC-compatible, it's very interesting. Probably has a beeper-type sound. Useless or pointless to get one for music or anything at all, but interesting architecture-wise nonetheless.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-06-30T16:57:43Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28892/#p28892 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> And I bet it sounds like garbage too. wink Actually, I'd be willing to bet some people on the VC Forums or CCTalk have probably seen this, or even own it.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-06-30T16:05:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28889/#p28889 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> Rainbowdragoneyes wrote:

"free $300 worth of 14 programs-- including edu-basic and level 2 basic"

shit, those programs must be worth billions by now. nice find!

Correction, Trillions! In fact, they stopped working on that little oil spill in the gulf to scour the globe for one. lol

]]> https://chipmusic.org/8bitweapon 2010-06-30T02:33:11Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28837/#p28837 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> "free $300 worth of 14 programs-- including edu-basic and level 2 basic"

shit, those programs must be worth billions by now. nice find!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Rainbowdragoneyes 2010-06-30T02:23:32Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28835/#p28835 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> I wonder if anyone would have one laying about. I mean, this is quite old and most of these small-time computer companies only made a few thousand units tops.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-06-29T22:48:42Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28806/#p28806 <![CDATA[Re: Chipmusic instrument from 1979]]> fixed wink

nice!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/infradead 2010-06-29T21:09:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/28795/#p28795