THIS IS A SPO256A-AL2 OR IS IT ?

Hi All, I have posted this video because of an issue with 200 of the SPO256A-AL2 voice synthesizer ICs, the supplier concerned has asked me to provide photographic evidence that the ICs they shipped to me are faulty, obviously a photo will not show any functionality or lack of so I have made this short video showing both ICs in a working circuit. It is clear to see my SPO256 works and the suppliers do not. Now I will wait for my money to be refunded!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Z80
• cpu
• and
• SPO256
• A-AL2
• faulty
• voice
• synthesizer

[weegerri1sm]

They are actually called SP0256-AL2 ICs (with a zero), not SPO256-AL2 (with a letter "O"). Easy mistake to make. Even an 80s game manufacturer made the same mistake.

I use them a lot, mostly to repair ZX Spectrum and C64 Currah μSpeech synthesizers.

If they are from a reputable supplier you should be able to get a refund without to much trouble.

[EA78751]

I would like to know which supplier you were dealing with, I use these too.

[combover100]

Those may be counterfeit chips originating from china; some sources have been caught selling counterfeit Commodore SID sound chips. I once had a chip supplier tell me that they do not deal with Chinese inventory due to widespread counterfeiting (relabeling)

[lezbriddon]

did you get your refund? - i first used a al2 in 1983, bought from tandy i think. great little toy to play with back then

[mrloonytune]

Yikes! Did you ever get any of these chips to perform, or did you get your money back?

I'm just getting into project work with the Arduino microcontroller and I have one or two of these chips. I once built a working synthesizer for the Commodore 64.

What kind of project were you working on that you needed one or more of these chips?