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    The Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) is the custom computer chip which, along with a variant of the MOS Technology 6502, constitutes the heart of the...
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    Color Television Interface Adaptor (CTIA) and its successor Graphic Television Interface Adaptor (GTIA) are custom chips used in the Atari 8-bit computers...
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    significant improvement over Atari's previous consoles. It uses same Television Interface Adaptor chip that launched with the Atari VCS in 1977 to generate two-channel...
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    who created a chip called the Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) to send graphics and audio to a television. The second prototype included a TIA, a 6507...
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    the Atari Video Computer System's graphics and sound chip, the Television Interface Adaptor. When complete, the team began developing a much more sophisticated...
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    Taito. The Atari 2600 in 1977 used a video shifter called the Television Interface Adaptor. Atari 8-bit computers (1979) had ANTIC, a video processor which...
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    hardware adequate time to reach the correct color. The Color Television Interface Adaptor (CTIA) is the graphics chip originally used in the Atari 400...
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    CPU: 1.19 MHz MOS Technology 6507 Audio + Video processor: Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) Playfield resolution: 40 x 192 pixels (NTSC). Uses a 20-pixel...
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    routines, as memo. For example, the Atari 2600 used its own Television Interface Adaptor that handled video and audio, while the Nintendo Entertainment...
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    the television video lines. This function is essential for the 'racing the beam' method used by the 6502 and Atari Television Interface Adaptor chip...
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    Joe Decuir and Jay Miner to develop the hardware and custom Television Interface Adaptor for this new console. Their project, under the codename of "Stella"...
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  • YM2602 VDP (Video Display Processor) Atari MARIA Atari TIA (Television Interface Adaptor) Sound chip(s) Texas Instruments SN76489 Yamaha VDP PSG (later...
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  • Transimpedance amplifier, a type of current-to-voltage converter Television Interface Adaptor, a custom chip for the Atari 2600 game console The Internet Adapter...
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    only support a very low resolution monochrome graphic mode. The Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) is the custom video chip that is the heart of the Atari...
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    Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-11-29. "Television Interface Adaptor". AtariArchives.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-25...
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  • Gamasutra. 6560/6561 Video Interface Chip (PDF). Commodore MOS Technology (NMOS). Retrieved 7 October 2020. 6581 Sound Interface Device (SID) (PDF). Commodore...
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    are also present. Color charts are not gamma corrected. The Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) is the custom computer chip that generated graphics for...
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  • Graphics 8 mode on early Atari 8-bit computers with the Color Television Interface Adaptor (CTIA) chip displayed black or white images at a resolution of...
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  • CPU launched in 1974 was manufactured using this process. The Television Interface Adaptor, the custom graphics and audio chip developed for the Atari 2600...
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  • seemed to preclude it hosting a chess program. The console's Television Interface Adaptor chip can only display three sprites in each scanline, or six...
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  • CTIA may refer to: Color Television Interface Adaptor, a custom chip inside early Atari 8-bit computers CTIA (organization), a trade association representing...
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  • Computer System. For sound and graphics, the Atari 2600 had its Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) which authors Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost described as...
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    did have some use in very early game systems, most notably the Television Interface Adaptor chip in the Atari 2600. Note that although one of the chips in...
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  • two kilobytes. For sound and graphics, the Atari 2600 had its Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) which authors Montfort and Bogost described as a programming...
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    In Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), the Common Interface (also called DVB-CI) is a technology which allows decryption of pay TV channels. Pay TV stations...
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  • of game music. For example, Karen Collins describes how the Television Interface Adaptor in the Atari 2600 created tones that could be out of tune by...
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    Prestel adaptor produced by Eureka (Informatika) was the first adaptor produced for the Oric-1 and Oric Atmos computers. However this adaptor was only...
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    DisplayPort (DP) is a digital display interface developed by a consortium of PC and chip manufacturers and standardized by the Video Electronics Standards...
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    display DVI: primary or secondary DVI display LVDS: LVDS interface for integrated flat panel SDVO adaptor cards are designated as ADD (advanced digital display)...
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    graphics rendering. QuickDraw, a core part of the Macintosh graphical user interface, allowed for the rapid rendering of bitmapped graphics, fonts, and shapes...
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