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Episode 110 - The Atari 2600

Advent of Computing

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The TIA: A Television Interface Adapter

The TIA, the Television Interface Adapter, is a programmable Pong machine. The chip was able to detect collisions, produce sounds, and read from controller inputs. It could only generate a handful of things on screen: Two player objects, a ball, up to two missiles,. A play field, a background image that you play on.

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