Namco C140
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 Namco 140
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| Manufacturer(s) | Fujitsu (ASIC) |
| Designer(s) | Namco |
| Release Date(s) | 1987 |
| Type(s) | 8-bit PCM, compressed PCM |
| Amount of channels | 2 (stereo) |
| Amount of voices | 24 |
| VGM support | since 1.61 |
| Namco 219
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| Manufacturer(s) | Toshiba |
| Designer(s) | Namco |
| Release Date(s) | 1992 |
| Type(s) | 8-bit PCM |
| Amount of channels | 2 (stereo) |
| Amount of voices | 16 |
| VGM support | since 1.61 |
The Namco C140 is a 24-channel custom PCM sound chip manufactured by Namco. It was first, used on the Namco System 2 board, as well in the Final Lap, the first Namco System 2 game. The C140 have in a companion a LC7880 or LC7881 DAC.
C219
The Namco C219 is a variant of the C140, however, it has 16 PCM channels instead of 24 ones found on his original form. It was used on the Namco NA-1 and NA-2 boards, and it can be found on Game's PCB. It has the same pitch of the Namco C352, a 32 channel custom PCM sound chip, however, neither two are compatible each other. The C219 have in a companion with a LC7881 DAC.
Uses
The C140 and C219 was used on:
- Namco System 2 (C140);
- Namco System 21 (C140);
- Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (Theater 6 hardware, a Namco System 21 board with some modifications, plus a LaserDisc drive) (2xC140);
- Namco NA-1 (C219);
- Namco NA-2 (C219)
