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weird almost Mockingboard semi-clone




I just became a proud but mystified owner of an Apple 2 sound card
that is definitely not MockingBoard compatible even though it has
a 6522 and 3(!) AY-3-8910 chips: the 6522 chips select is wired to
DEVICE SELECT rather than I/O SELECT so it uses a different addresses.

The board has no markings at all to indicate its origin but is simple
enough to figure out the functionality. There is a decoder that selects
one of the 3 AY-3-8910 chips depending on the 6522's PB4 and PB5.

Did anyone ever see such a board?

Should be easy enough to rewire it to be compatible with the one AY
MockingBoard, but before I do - could there be any software around for
this card's native mode? Google didn't find any leads.

-Alex.