Speech synthesis, data can come from ROM (TMS6100) or CPU
- BBC Micro, IBM Speech Adapter
- Several arcades (Gauntlet, Star Wars, Firefox...)
DIP-28
PHROMS are in the named folder, a TMS6100 hardware emulator instruction is here
The TMS5220, released in 1980, was used in several home computer peripherals and arcade games. Uses the 'final' chirp table. HP 82967A Speech synthesis module, adding 1500-word vocabulary to Series 80 computers. It was made until around 1983 when it was replaced by the TMS5220C.
The TMS5220C, released in 1983, was an improved TMS5220. It reworked the two NOP (No Operation) commands and the parallel FIFO interface to allow for variable-speed speech and was fully compatible with the TMS5220. Those chips produced after 1985 used the number "TSP5220C". It was made until the early 1990s.