If the Wave synthesizer
is the heart of the PPG system then the Waveterm would be it's brain.
This self-contained, PPG dedicated computer came in several varieties.
Basically there was the Waveterm A, and the Waveterm
B.
The
first Waveterm A had a Motorola 6809 CPU and 8-inch floppy disk drives.
Later, the floppy drives were replaced with a smaller 5-inch type. Both
A models offered 8-bit user sampling, however PPG factory samples on
disk were 12-bit and could be played on the 12-bit EVU and Wave 2.3
(the 2.2 was 8-bit).
Below
is a rare image of a prototype Waveterm A. Note the drive differences
and the single row of function buttons.
Image
courtesy of Nirto
Karsten Fischer.
See
the Tech page for Waveterm Printer and ASCII
pin-outs, check out the Waveterm Disk
Library, or click here
for some really fascinating and unusual Waveterm
information.
