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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!drudetb
- From: drudetb@infonode.ingr.com (Ted B. Drude)
- Subject: Jay Miner - father of which Atari machines/chips ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.182956.15704@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:29:56 GMT
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- Here's a trivia question for diehard Atari fans:
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- Exactly which machines and/or chips was Jay Miner responsible
- for engineering while he was at Atari?
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- I know Jay is widely acknowledged to be the engineering "father" of the
- Amiga architecture. But before that he worked at Atari for years.
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- From various sources that I've heard that he supposedly designed:
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- - The 2600 VCS - the TIA chip (aka "Stella")
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- - The Atari 400/800/5200 - the Pokey and Antic chips (maybe others?)
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- - What else did he design? (Please quote sources if possible.)
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- Thanks,
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- - Ted Drude (drudetb@infonode.ingr.com)
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