At 10:43 AM 6/19/2004 +1200, Jinx wrote:

>> Texas Instruments used to make the SN76477 and the SN76496.
>> These are listed as "sound generators" and were meant to be
>> used in video games to produce a variety of sound effects
>
>Here are a couple of others

The GI-AY-8910 went into a LOT of credit card terminals.

One particular firmware set had a bug that would skip into a test routine we wrote for the sound chip, and generate a falling screech, then explosion sound.   An elegant way to crash, sort of..

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