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I'm a little disappointed that they keep referencing the "Stella chip". They're referring to the Television Interface Adapter[0] (TIA), ancestor of the custom c
by EvanAnderson 5y ago
I'm a little disappointed that they keep referencing the "Stella chip". They're referring to the Television Interface Adapter[0] (TIA), ancestor of the custom chips that ended up in the Atari 400/800 and the Amiga.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Interface_Adaptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Interface_Adaptor
- djmips 5y agoCorrect, it was the project that was codenamed Stella by Joseph Decuir after his Stella bicycle.
- Someone 5y agoIt’s easy to get confused about that. Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600, the code name for the Atari 2600 was Stella. There also was a “Stella Programmer’s Guide”, which discussed how to program the TIA (https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1646277043401568/stella.pdf https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1646277043401568/stella.pdf)
- bitwize 5y agoIt's really neat to trace the origin of those custom chips. Descendants of the TMS9918A chip found in the TI-99/4A could be found in systems at least as late as the Sega Genesis.