How hard is it to find a working BH sound board?

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The System 80 Sound/Speech board was used in several other games, in
addition to BH.
The hard-to-find chip on the S/S board is the SC-01 voice chip.
I think they go for about $50 each now-a-days, so logically, a fully
working S/S board should expected to go for in excess of $50.

I *think* some (many?) other non-speech Sys 80 games used the S/S
board, but did not have the SC-01 socket populated. So I suppose you
could get one of these boards (i.e. from a HH) and a NOS SC-01... and
before you know it you'll be enjoying a monotonous "SHOOT CAPTIVE
HOLE."

df

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Well... ya can't get em at Radio Shack...
"Easy to find" is a relative term :-)

This webpage lists them for sale at $49.95...
http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/custom-i.htm
And there's alway e-beigh...
I think they were used in Q*Bert machines, and a few other devices...

df

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 13727&rd=1

There it is! Told ya!

Mario
Pinthetic

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It's in the lower-left corner (if the board is oriented in the
"conventional" manner, as that photo appears to be).
It's in the corner opposite the heatsink... no matter which way you
turn it :-)

df