Wow, what have I started, I just mention the AY-3-8910 and bang I find that
it's as old as I am.

Just to say that at work (amusements, video games : slots : the like) we are
still getting new machines, brand new, never been played (except for testing)
with
AY-3-8910's in with the Microchip name on yet they say they don't do them
anymore.  I think that someone has a big box full of them and keeps sending
them to the amusement industry.

PS,  the SPO256-AL2 brings back memories,  used one on a robot in a project a
few years back,  vioce worked, robot didn't :-(  .