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Article #37550Re: ANTIC
From: Robert R. Champagne
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1989 17:45
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1989 17:45
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> Just being curious, does anyone know of the significance of the word > "ANTIC" when dealing with computers, specifically Atari? The Atari 8-bit has a "co-processor" known as the ANTIC chip, which is the heart of it's display system. It has it's own (limited) instruction set (commonly known as a "display list"), can "steal" cycles from the 6502 at odd intervals (read: DMA), and has a provision for generating what are now known as "sprites" (termed "player/missles" for this machine).
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