Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!xanth!lll-winken!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!hwcs!neil From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ANTIC Message-ID: <2234@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> Date: 31 Mar 89 07:37:39 GMT References: <890328.23104678.028665@SFA.CP6> Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 29 In article <890328.23104678.028665@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes: >Hello everyone, > > Just being curious, does anyone know of the significance of the word >"ANTIC" when dealing with computers, specifically Atari? I beleive that ANTIC was the name of the chip in the 8-bit Atari computer that handled hardware sprites (player-missile graphics). I suppose it might be ANimation something or another. I think there was also one called POKEY lurking around in there as well. The game consoles have chips in them called TIA and MARIA! > LARRY RYMAL _____________________________________________________________________________ / DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own \ ! ! ! "I think all right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of ! ! being told that ordinary decent people are fed up in this country with ! ! being sick and tired. I'm certainly not and I'm sick and tired of being ! ! told that I am!" - Monty Python ! ! ! ! Neil Forsyth JANET: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs ! ! Dept. of Computer Science ARPA: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk ! ! Heriot-Watt University UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil ! ! Edinburgh ! ! Scotland ! \_____________________________________________________________________________/