General Instrument AY-3-8910
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The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice programmable sound generator designed by General Instrument in 1978, initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. It has
AY-3-8910 in 40-pin DIP package
AY-3-8910 die
AY-3-8912 chip, 28-pin DIP package with computer case screw for scale
YM2149F chip, 40-pin DIP package
ZX Spectrum
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The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. The Spectrum played a pivotal role in the history of personal computers and video games, especially in the United
General Instrument AY-3-8910
…in the Intellivision and Vectrex video game consoles, and the Amstrad CPC, Oric-1, Colour Genie, Elektor TV Games Computer, MSX, Tiki 100 and later ZX Spectrum home computers. It was also used in the Mockingboard and Cricket sound cards for the Apple II and the Speech/Sound Cartridge for the TRS-80 Color…
Issue 2 1982 model
Clive Sinclair in 1990
An original concept sketch of the ZX Spectrum, depicting an angular and wedge-like form similar to its predecessor, the ZX81
Designer Rick Dickinson in the Sinclair Research Cambridge office in 1983