On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Erik Mooney wrote:
> 3/5/2002 11:41:08 AM, Adam Wozniak <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Erik Mooney wrote:
> >> I wonder if the 128 bytes RAM is because they're actually using
> >> a RIOT? It's a standard chip and still in production...
> >
> >Don't think we could find a TIA anywhere, could we?
>
> We've tried before to find it, unsuccessfully. The TIA (which was
> codenamed Stella in development, hence our name) was a
> custom chip for Atari and was never manufactured beyond the
> 2600 and its clones. The best place to get a TIA chip is at
> your local thrift store, inside a VCS. :)
Thought this might be interesting:
http://www-mtl.mit.edu/MEngTP/Chris_Wilkson_Proposal.pdf
No clue whether or not he finished his work though...
--Adam
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