From 4fffb76071b24a8553a6473f7497c73bab278a0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: freq-mod <32672779+freq-mod@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:46:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update sms.md --- doc/7-systems/sms.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/7-systems/sms.md b/doc/7-systems/sms.md index a86a20c8e..1dc3968e5 100644 --- a/doc/7-systems/sms.md +++ b/doc/7-systems/sms.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ a relatively simple sound chip made by Texas Instruments. a derivative of it is nominal mode of SN76489 has 3 square wave channels, with noise channel having only 3 preset frequencies to use (absurdly low, very low, low). to use more pitches, one can enable a mode which "steals" the frequency from square wave channel 3. by doing that, SN76489 becomes effectively a 3 channel sound chip. in addition, periodic noise mode can be enabled, with same caveats. -the original iteration of the SN76489 used in the TI-99/4A computer, the SN94624, could only produce tones as low as 100Hz, and was clocked at 447 KHz. all later versions (such as the one in the Master System and Genesis) had a clock divider but ran on a faster clock... except for the SN76494, which can play notes as low as 13670 Hz (A -1). as a result, its pitch accuracy for higher notes is compromised. +the original iteration of the SN76489 used in the TI-99/4A computer, the SN94624, could only produce tones as low as 100Hz, and was clocked at 447 KHz. all later versions (such as the one in the Master System and Genesis) had a clock divider but ran on a faster clock, making a chip **very** high pitched... except for the SN76494, which can play notes as low as 13.670 Hz (A -1). as a result, its pitch accuracy for higher notes is compromised. ## SN7 versions