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[[Image:AY-3-8910.jpg|thumb|270px|AY-3-8910 chip DIP 40]]<!-- <mp3>PSG demo00(blueMsx).mp3</mp3> -->The '''AY-3-8910''' is a 3-voice [[Programmable Sound Generator]] (PSG) designed by [[General Instrument]], initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. In the 1980s the AY-3-8910 and its variants became popular chips in many arcade games, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers], such as the Sinclair [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum ZX Spectrum 128]. It was also produced under license by [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] as the YM2149, which was used in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST].<ref>Wikipedia:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910 General Instrument AY-3-8910]</ref>
[[Image:AY-3-8910.jpg|thumb|270px|AY-3-8910 chip DIP 40]]<!-- <mp3>PSG demo00(blueMsx).mp3</mp3> -->The '''AY-3-8910''' is a 3-voice [[Programmable Sound Generator]] (PSG) designed by [[General Instrument]], initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. In the 1980s the AY-3-8910 and its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910#Variants variants] became popular chips in many arcade games, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers], such as the Sinclair [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum ZX Spectrum 128]. It was also produced under license by [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] as the YM2149, which was used in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST].<ref>Wikipedia:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910 General Instrument AY-3-8910]</ref>


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AY-3-8910 chip DIP 40

The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice Programmable Sound Generator (PSG) designed by General Instrument, initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. In the 1980s the AY-3-8910 and its variants became popular chips in many arcade games, and home computers, such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128. It was also produced under license by Yamaha as the YM2149, which was used in the Atari ST.[1]

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