An Anthology of Sound Chips Vol. 1: Arcade, Console and Home Micro Sound Chips (1977-1986)

This book is the first half of a two volume set that compehensively covers sound chips and the systems containing them: from technical information to entertaining anecdotes and death waveforms, even experts will find out things they had no idea about.

Written in an accessible and friendly way, it nevertheless delivers a lot of information (with a couple of super technical bits at the back). If you wondered how people played samples through speakers, wonder no longer!

Journey from 1977's TIA in the Atari 2600 and the Odyssey's Intel 8244/5, through the legendary AY-3-891x and SN76489 that dominated the early arcades and home micros, to the C64's SID and Amiga's Paula, to Marble Madness' YM2151 and to its sister chips that helped FM take over the world... with PCM chips such as OutRun's SegaPCM helping out with the chunky bits!