Re: [stella] off the shelf?

Subject: Re: [stella] off the shelf?
From: Glenn Saunders <krishna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 12:52:43 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Piero Cavina wrote:
> I've always heard that the 2600 was made with off the shelf parts, and this
> would explain how some companies could produce adapters for other systems,
> or clones.

The TIA is the only custom chip in the system, and it is a relatively
simple VLSI chip.  I think it has (from memory due to the documentary)
40,000 transistors.  I don't know how one would clone it, but if you are
going to clone a chip, it was surely a lot easier than trying to clone
GTIA or ANTIC. 



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