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Television Interface Adaptor
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The Television Interface Adaptor is the custom computer chip which, along with a variant of the MOS Technology 6502, constitutes the heart of the 1977 Atari Video Computer System game console. The TIA
Atari 2600
Atari 2600
The motherboard of the original six-switch Atari VCS. The 40-pin TIA chip is on the left. The center 28-pin is the MOS Technology 6507, and to its rig
The motherboard of the original six-switch Atari VCS. The 40-pin TIA chip is on the left. The center 28-pin is the MOS Technology 6507, and to its right, the 40-pin MOS Technology 6352 Ram-I/O-Timer (RIOT) chip. The cartridge insertion slot is to the immediate right of the RIOT chip.
Rainbow effect visible in Barnstorming game
Rainbow effect visible in Barnstorming game
ANTIC
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Alphanumeric Television Interface Controller is an LSI ASIC dedicated to generating 2D computer graphics to be shown on a television screen or computer display.
Television Interface Adaptor
…of the CO10444/CO11903 TIA was led by Jay Miner, who continued at Atari expanding on the design of the TIA for the Atari 8-bit computers with the ANTIC, CTIA/GTIA and POKEY chips which allow for more graphical and sound capabilities. Miner later led the design of the custom chips for the Amiga computer…
ANTIC chip on an Atari 130XE motherboard
ANTIC chip on an Atari 130XE motherboard