The list below describes ANTIC's inherent hardware capabilities meaning the intended functionality of the hardware by itself, not including results achieved by CPU-serviced interrupts or display kernels frequently driving … See more

by part number
• C012296 — NTSC: Used in Atari 400, 800, and 1200XL computers.
• C014887 — PAL/SECAM: Used … See more

The Display List is the list of instructions, or the program, directing ANTIC how to generate the display. The data processed by this Display List "program" is the screen memory. The output is the graphics display. The kinds of graphics in the output (text vs … See more

Before video displays became a common part of the user interface many computers used a teletype—a printer usually with continuously-fed paper. User input and the computer generated output were printed on the paper fed through the printer. This widely understood … See more

The Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 console map the ANTIC chip to the $D4xxhex page.
ANTIC provides 15 Read/Write registers controlling Playfield … See more

The ANTIC chip allows a variety of different Playfield modes and widths. However, the original Atari Operating System included with the Atari 800/400 computers provides easy access to a limited subset of these graphics modes. ANTIC Playfield … See more

ANTIC includes a feature to trigger a CPU-serviced interrupt at specific vertical positions on the screen. This is built into the ANTIC Display List which directs ANTIC to launch the interrupt during the last scan line of the current Mode instruction, and so … See more