The Mockingboard was a sound card for the Apple II family of microcomputers built by Sweet Micro Systems. The standard Apple II machines never had particularly good sound, especially when compared to competitors like the SID chip-enabled Commodore_64. With the notable exception of the Apple_IIGS, all an Apple II programmer could do was send clicks to the speaker.
The Mockingboard was available in various models for either the slot based Apple II / Apple II Plus / Apple IIe systems or in one special model for the Apple IIc. It had an optional speech chip and two AY-3-8910 sound generators, for a total of six square-wave synthesis channels. (The earliest version of the Mockingboard had only one AY-3-8910 chip).
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