to_stdnet@stag.UUCP (03/30/89)
From: omni!emh@stag.UUCP (Eric Hopper)
In the 8-bit computers, the ANTIC chip is the proccessor
responsible for feeding the display chip all the info about the screen. It
was a true microproccesor in the fact that it even had instructions to do
things that were in memory. That was one of the nicest features of the
8-bits. It's a pity that some other similar custom hardware doesn't appear
for the ST, or some other vendor's computer. (I mean a computer that costs
less that $1000 now.)
Eric Hopper (Omnifarious) Don't try to send to emh@omni.uucp, because omni
is completely unkown to any system except stag.
omni!emh@stag.UUCP or ....{rosevax, ems, umn-cs}!pwcs!stag!omni!emh
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/****************************************************************************/bw0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Bryan Wu) (04/05/89)
> *Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.atari.st: 29-Mar-89 Re: Significance of ANTIC* > *i.. to_stdnet@stag.UUCP (1446)* > things that were in memory. That was one of the nicest features of the > 8-bits. It's a pity that some other similar custom hardware doesn't appear > for the ST, or some other vendor's computer. (I mean a computer that costs > less that $1000 now.) Actually.. there is a similar graphics chip in a computer .. The Amiga.. Yup, that's right - This is probably because the guy who designed the 800 computer went to design the Amiga computer (when it was funded by Atari).. well, anyway, I hear that they have display lists and dli's and so on.. Oh well.. :) here's a bit of trivia: Sometimes the chips in Atari's stuff was named after secretaries who worked there: Amy - the sound chip (what ever happened to it?) Tia - ? Maria - in the 7800 game system etc.. -Bryan Wu