What does aym stand for btw, I feel like I knew the answer once

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Sky Island Beanophoria.sndh
 
OminPigeonMaster  
 
 
  AY-3-8910 / YM2149

Sound chip found in both Atari ST & ZX Spectrum as well as Intellivision, Vectrex, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Oric 1, and more.
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143283
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gotoandplay
 
 
 
post #143283 :: 2021.06.28 2:53am
  
  sean, kleeder and OminPigeonMaster liēkd this
it is a portmanteau of ay and ym sound chips, they got smushed into the same format because the ay chip used in spectrum /vectrex etc is very very similar to the ym chip found in the atari st
 
 
143319
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post #143319 :: 2021.06.28 7:15pm
  
  OminPigeonMaster liēkd this
stands for Ay yo mane
 
 

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