POKEY

POKEY is the name of the sound chips of 8- bit computers of the company Atari.

The name stands for potentiometer and Keyboard Integrated Circuit. The chip is also responsible for the keyboard controller. He has 4 voices (mono ) and a range of 3.5 octaves. In addition to computers such as the Atari 800 or Atari 800 XL, the chip was also used in video game consoles such as the Atari 5200 and arcade machines.

Specifications

  • Audio 4 semi- independent audio channels
  • Configuration options of channels: four 8-bit channels
  • Two 16-bit channels
  • A 16-bit channel, and two 8-bit channels
  • Sound chip
  • Atari
  • Hardware ( product)
  • Computer game music
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