Re:Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound ch...
by mmastrac on Friday January 12, 2024 @05:55PM
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Correct. Those have been available for ages, but there's a mask ROM on the CPU that is undumpable, at least at this time. I have a huge collection of datasheets and I was unable to even figure out what the instruction set was.
Re:Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound ch...
by userbinator on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:36AM
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It's likely to be something Japanese, and I know there's been plenty of obscure architectures from them over the years. OKI is known to have made the CPU for Casio, so have you ruled out OKI nX-8?
Re:Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound ch...
by mmastrac on Saturday January 13, 2024 @03:31PM
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Scanning through my old datasheets I have one from the MSM65512 which probably means I considered that but it's been a while. I should have kept a devlog.
I found an old email to someone that suggests I thought it was an nX/4.
This is a lower-res version of the decapped chip.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Oki_m628...
Maybe this could help. Is there some mask ROM on the CPU that isn't included here?