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| | Atari 8-bit family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Atari researched on what would be needed to produce a workable home computer of their own. | | | Ray Kassar, the new CEO of Atari, wanted the new chips to be used in a home computer to challenge Apple. | | | Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family
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| | Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions |
| | While the 8-bit Atari computers in their heyday were technically quite comparable if not superior in the worlds of home and business personal computing, they also live up to the name "Atari" with a huge library of video games which were often outstanding for their time. | | | Midi is standard on the Atari ST computers, because it is built-in into these computers. | | | The 8-bit Atari computers do not use the same cartridges or floppy disks as any other Atari platforms, such as the 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), the 5200 SuperSystem, the 7800 ProSystem, or the ST/TT/Falcon computers. |
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/atari-8-bit/faq
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| | Have you modified Atari today? |
| | This Atari 8-Bit Computer Web Ring site is owned by Patrick Fonck. | | | On this web site you'll be able to see what I have modified on my Atari 8-bit computers. | | | Please take note: The Atari 8-bit computers are not an "active" hobby of mine anymore. |
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http://www.fonck.nl/atari
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| | Welcome to comp.sys.atari.8bit! |
| | Atari, based in Sunnyvale, California, USA, produced this line of computers from 1979-1992. | | | You've found the Usenet newsgroup for discussion about the Atari 8-bit family of computers! | | | From the company's humble beginnings to its demise as a hardware manufacturer in the nineties, we hope to provide you lots of original content in all forms: databases, catalogs, magazine scans and much, much more! |
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http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/atari-8-bit/welcome.html
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| | Atari POKEY - |
| | 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). | | | One of the sound-engines developed for the Atari 8-bit family was called the AMP engine (Advanced Music Processor). |
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http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Atari_POKEY
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| | ANTIC - |
| | ANTIC was a microprocessor dedicated to generating 2D computer graphics to be shown on a television screen or computer display. | | | This article refers to the ANTIC display chip inside the 8-bit Atari home computers. | | | 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. |
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http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/ANTIC
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| | Alternate Reality Mailing List Archive |
| | The games in the Alternate Reality series were developed on the Atari 8-bit family of home computers, but were ported to other platforms as well. | | | Gary Gilbertson created the music for both games. |
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http://www.alternaterealityarchive.com
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| | Remove Spy |
| | First published by First Star Software in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64 and Apple II computes, Spy vs. Spy was an innovative two-player, split-screen game. | | | Category:Apple II games Category:Atari 8-bit family games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:1984 computer and video games | | | I spy is often played as a car game. |
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http://www.blownspeakers.com/pages3/75/remove-spy.html
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| | Cheap personal computers and PCs |
| | The eventual result was the purchase of several million IBM compatible personal computers all across the government which encouraged many of the government contractors to buy IBM compatibles “to be compatible with the government.” The result was that the “IBM compatible computers”, Intel processors, and Microsoft became the standard. | | | It was the launch of the VisiCalc spreadsheet, initially for the Apple II and later for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore PET, and IBM PC that became the "killer app" that turned the microcomputer into a business tool. | | | Later, Lotus 1-2-3, a combined spreadsheet (partly based on VisiCalc), presentation graphics, and simple database application, became the PCs own killer app. |
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http://www.computersherpa.com/personal-computer.html
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| | The world's top atari 8 bit family websites |
| | The world's top atari 8 bit family websites | | | Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. |
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http://www.websbiggest.com/dir-wiki.cfm?cat=atari_8_bit_family&tab=discuss
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