Atari 8-bit family Atari 8-bit family A.N.A.L.O.G. (from Atari News And Lots Of Games) was the name of a computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit home computer line (the Atari 400/800 and compatible models). It ran from around 1981 to about 1985/86. ...more on Wikipedia about "A.N.A.L.O.G."
ANTIC (Alpha-Numeric Television Interface Circuit) was an early video system chip used in the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers as well as some of Atari's video game consoles of the 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "ANTIC"
ANTIC was the name of a home computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit computer line (Atari 400/800 and compatibles). It took its name from the ANTIC chip which produced the Atari line's graphics. The first issue was published in April of 1982 as bimonthly magazine. Within a year it had gone monthly. The last issue was in June/July of 1990. All told, 88 issues were published. A "Best of" book was also published. Its main rival was A.N.A.L.O.G. magazine, another long-lived magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit line. ...more on Wikipedia about "ANTIC (magazine)"
Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. Over the next decade several versions of the same basic design would be released. These included the original Atari 400 and 800, and their successors, the XL and XE series of computers. However, the models remained largely identical internally. They were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips. IBM even considered licensing Atari for their own personal computer, but decided to build their own. However, design flaws, internal corporate turmoil and difficult, fast-changing market conditions contributed to the 8-bit Atari computers' eventual demise. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari 8-bit family"
ATARI BASIC was a ROM resident BASIC interpreter for the Atari 8-bit family of 6502-based home computers. The interpreter originally shipped on an 8 KB cartridge; on later XL/XE model computers it was built in, and would load by default when the machines were booted without other carts in place. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari BASIC"
Atari DOS, (often just known as DOS), was the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit family of computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari DOS"
FREDDIE was the name for a 40-pin LSI found in Atari 8-bit computers. It is a RAM address multiplexer, used for DRAM access. Atari created this chip to replace several other chips to cut costs and to enhance CPU and ANTIC memory access. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari FREDDIE"
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The Atari Microsoft BASIC and Atari Microsoft BASIC II variants of the BASIC programming language were cartridge or floppy disk packaged versions of the industry standard Microsoft BASIC dialect adapted to the Atari 800 and later Atari computers of that architecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari Microsoft BASIC"
The Atari MMU is a custom MMU chip for the Atari 8-bit computers. It enables access to the hardware registers on ANTIC, GTIA, POKEY and 6520 PIA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari MMU"
The Atari POKEY is a digital I/O chip found in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and many arcade games in the 1980s. Its name comes from POtentiometer and KEYboard, as it was commonly used to sample ( ADC) potentiometers (such as game paddles) and scan matrices of switches (such as a computer keyboard). POKEY is also well known for its sound effect and music generation capabilities, producing a distinctive square wave sound popular among chip tune aficionados. The LSI chip has 40 pins and is identified as C012294. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari POKEY"
The ATASCII character set, from ATARI Standard Code for Information Interchange, alternatively ATARI ASCII, is the variation on ASCII used in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers, starting with the 1979 Atari 400/800 and going all the way to the XEGS. ...more on Wikipedia about "ATASCII"
cc65 is a complete cross development package for 65(C)02 systems, including a powerful macro assembler, a C compiler, linker, librarian and several other tools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cc65"
The Color Television Interface Adapter is the graphics chip used in the Atari 400/800 home computers. The chip is the successor to the TIA chip used in the Atari 2600. The chip was later replaced with the GTIA in later revisions of the 400 and 800, and in all other member's of the Atari 8-bit family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Color Television Interface Adapter"
EMMU is a custom MMU chip for the 130XE Atari 8-bit computer. It's used to access the extra 64kB of RAM present in the 130XE. ...more on Wikipedia about "EMMU"
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The Enhanced Cartridge Interface or (ECI) was a 14-pin extension to the cartridge slot on Atari 8-bit XE computers. This allowed external devices access to the system's data and bus lines. It was functionally compatible with the Parallel Bus Interface (PBI) on the XL computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enhanced Cartridge Interface (ECI)"
George's Television Interface Adapter (GTIA) is the successor to the CTIA chip used in the Atari 8-bit computers. The GTIA chip was also used in the Atari 5200. George McLeod designed the chip. ...more on Wikipedia about "George's Television Interface Adapter"
Hi-Res Magazine was a short-lived US computer magazine in the mid-1980s. The magazine only lasted for four issues. With the first issue (November, 1983), the focus of the magazine was the Atari computers and Atari Video Game systems. With the second issue, the magazine expanded to include the Commodore Computers. This was a mistake, as fans of these two lines of home computers did not get along very well. The fourth issue would be the last, in 1984. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hi-Res Magazine"
(KoalaPad/Painter) The KoalaPad is a graphics tablet produced from 1984 by U.S. company Koala Technologies for several early 8-bit home computers, including the Apple II family, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64, as well as for the IBM PC. ...more on Wikipedia about "KoalaPad/Painter"
Optimized Systems Software (OSS) was a small company producing operating systems and programming languages for the Atari 8-bit and Apple II computer families. OSS is most noted for authoring Atari's BASIC and Disk Operating System (DOS) products. ...more on Wikipedia about "Optimized Systems Software"
The Parallel Bus Interface or PBI is a 50-pin port found on some Atari 8-bit XL computers. It provides unbuffered, direct connection to the system bus lines (address, data, control), running at the same speed as the 6502 CPU. ...more on Wikipedia about "Parallel Bus Interface (PBI)"
Shepardson Microsystems, Inc. (SMI) was a small company producing operating systems and programming languages for the Atari 8-bit and Apple II computer families. SMI is most noted for authoring Atari's BASIC and Disk Operating System (DOS) products. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shepardson Microsystems"
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The Software Publisher's ATR8000 (aka SWP ATR8000) was a dual purpose microcomputer system: it would act as a disk drive for an Atari 400/800 (6502) system, using a serial 19200 baud bus (RS232), or using the Atari as a 40 or 80 column terminal it would run CP/M 80. ...more on Wikipedia about "Software Publisher's ATR8000"
Released in 1987, the XG-1 is the light gun that came bundled with the Atari XEGS. The XEGS, which stands for XE Game System, was an Atari 65XE computer reworked cosmetically to give the appearance of a game console. The light gun was bundled to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System. The XEGS came with one light gun game, called Bug Hunt. The XG-1 is compatible with the Atari 7800 video game console. And since the Atari 7800 is backwards compatible, the XG-1 also works on the Atari 2600. Atari eventually released four games on the 7800 that used the gun: Alien Brigade, Barnyard Blaster, Crossbow, and Meltdown. ...more on Wikipedia about "XG-1"
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