Re: Mockingboard

["Eric" <lonewolf@hotmail.com>]

Hi Michael,

I do not have the newer card (SSP2000 Rev D) to learn the differences.
Hopefully someone who has it can verify the problem.

Eric

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Eric asked:
>
> >Can anyone tell me what is the difference between this two versions of
> >Mockingboard:
> >
> >1. Mockingboard SSP2000 Rev D - 1985
> >2. Mockingboard 'C' - 1983
> >
> >I thought card 2 is more superior than card 1. But card 1 was made 2
years
> >later.
>
> It would help to know what differences are observable, if you have them.
>
> Since the sound generation is identical, I presume the difference is in
> the speech synthesis...?
>
> Later cards used the SSI-263 chip, which has a couple of bugs that
> the earlier SC-01 chip did not have.  I have found it particularly
> noticeable after "glottal stops", when a distinct electronic "pop"
> is audible with the 263 that was not present with the SC-01.
>
> -michael
>
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