> I finally printed myself some original size (2'x3') TIA schematics at Kinko's
> last week. I've since spent a few days looking over them. I'm starting to
> understand a lot of what's going on in there now, and now I'm wondering if it's
> worth putting together a "Guide to the TIA schematics" writeup. Sort of a
It's a reasonable idea. I wonder however how useful it would be to
people. It would only really be useful to those technically inclined to
digital logic.
If you decide to do this, I am interested it taking part. I've figured
out the overview of just about the entire thing; and a fair chunk of the
gritty details.
My favorite parts are the playfield registers, and the divide by 3
counter.
> description of how the various uglier bits work...like the polynomial counter
> compares and the HMOVE stuff. Like where those funny lines on the left
> edge come from. :)
Kinda fun, ain't it?
> I've also discovered "TkGate", a digital logic simulator that runs on
> Linux. I've been successful at putting some of the pieces in there to
> see how they work.
Cool. Does it support the persistant effects of the MOS transistors? Or
did you mimic that with some latches?
> Finally, I really think recreating a new TIA in a programmable logic
> chip really would make a lovely project for an EE student.
Quite so. Care to take it on?
Mark
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