Hi Dan,
>> Is the RIOT an off-the-shelf component?
>
>The RIOT is an off the shelf component, but I believe Atari was the
>only company to call it "RIOT"....
Actually RIOT is the correct "name" for the 6532 - many peripheral chips have
such names in addition to their part numbers.
>....It's actually a 6532 and was also used in a number of Atari
>and non-Atari arcade games.
Yep, the chip was pretty widely used in the early '80s - the combination of
RAM, I/O and Timers made very compact systems possible at a reasonable price.
Atari used 6532s in some of their peripherals for their 8-bit computers, most
notably the 810 disc drive and I think the 1050 too.
TTFN - Pete.
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