Re 5200/A8 pokey chip and the coin op version

[carmel_andrews]

Is their any difference between the A8/5200 and coin op version of the pokey chip, both from a design and capabilites aspect (as i would guess that the 5200/coin op version would'nt have to concern itself with i/o and baud rates and communication with the SIO bus)

[classics]

As far as I know they both use the exact same chip.

[DanBoris]

I believe most machines use the stock Pokey chip that's in the 5200/computers, the machine just doesn't use the extra features. There are a couple Atari machines (I-Robot) for example that use a Quad Pokey which is 4 Pokey chips in one package.

 

Dan

[NE146]

Same. That's why Jrok pillages them