The SPO256 is a Speech Synthesizer chip used in many hardware Speech Synthesizers of the era.
With some clever programming it is possible to program a software Speech Synthesizer with good results.
Speech Synthesizer technology was also used in some games, with different quality.
Hardware Speech Synthesisers
Amstrad SSA-1 Speech Synthesizer (SPO256 based)
Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer (SPO256 based)
TMPI speech synthetizer (MEA8000 based)
Software Speech synthesisers
Speech (Symbos software)
Games using Speech Synthesizer
Alex Higgin's Snooker (Hardware)
Ghostbusters (Software)
Jumpjet (Hardware)
LastV8 (Software)
Robocop (Software)
Games using SSA-1 and it's &FBEE port (01 ee fb ed 78)
Datasheet (English)
- Datasheet SPO256 (PDF)
