Supplies on the original System 80 sound board
The sound board needs +5 V (from the power supply, edge connector pin 5), +12 V (from the bottom board, edge pin 1) and -12 V, which it makes itself from AC with diodes CR1-CR4 and a 12 V zener (1N4742A).
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Related tips
- Fault-finding the original System 80 sound board
- The original sound board self-test only works with S1 and S2 set opposite
- Original sound board option switches S1 and S2
- Fitting the original sound board PROM
- No sound at all
- Distorted sound
- The wrong sounds or tunes play
- Original sound board connector A6-J1
Source: System 80 Service Manual, Gottlieb