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Date: October 08, 1990 10:07
From: GAWD::MCCARTHY
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: MCCARTHY
We are going to phase out the JSAII audio board and the SAII audio board. JSA-III will replace JSAII for Jamma compatable piggy back audio boards, and SA-IIS will replace SAII for true stand alone non-jamma applications. JSA-III : This will be like JSAII except - . Banking will be added to the ADPCM ROM area to double the capacity. Four Mbits of memory will be available either as 4 1-Meg EPROMS or 1 4-MEG mask ROM. . SCOM will be removed. The main cpu upper data bus (d15-d8) and the two status flags will go to the audio board through the 40 pin connector. A simple parallel port will be implememted on the audio board. . The volume pot will be changed to a more standard / readily available type, probably with a linear taper. . The 40 position connector will probably be changed to one that does not require hand soldering. SA-IIS This will be like SAII except - . Stereo output will be provided. . Banking will be added to the ADPCM area just like JSA-III. . The volume control will change, possibly eliminated and replaced with a digital volume control, adjusted only in self test. Note that SCOM will stay on this board. BATMAN and G1.1 (RAT-RACE) will be the first games using JSA-III. Cyclotron and/or NONAME may use SA-IIS. Other games that do not need a seperate processor for audio are unaffected.
Oct 08, 1990