The TMS9918 is a video display controller (VDC) manufactured by Texas Instruments, in manuals referenced as "Video Display Processor" (VDP) and introduced...
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number of sprites a system supports. For example, the Texas Instruments TMS9918 chip supports 32 sprites, but only four can appear on the same scan line...
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minicomputers, the TI-99/4 was the first 16-bit home computer. The associated TMS9918 video display controller provides color graphics and sprite support which...
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controller" and when it is a "video display processor". For example, the TMS9918 is sometimes called a "video display controller" and sometimes a "video...
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List of 8-bit computer hardware graphics (section Systems based on the Texas Instruments TMS9918 chip)
the RGB gamut. The TMS9918 is a Video Display Controller (VDC) manufactured by Texas Instruments and introduced in 1979. The TMS9918 and its variants were...
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(PPU) that is clocked at 5.37 MHz. A derivative of the Texas Instruments TMS9918—a video display controller used in the ColecoVision—the PPU features 2 KB...
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off-the-shelf parts; the main CPU was a 3.58 MHz Zilog Z80, the Texas Instruments TMS9918 graphics chip with 16 KB of dedicated VRAM, sound and partial I/O support...
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a standardized home computer from 1983, utilized the Texas Instruments TMS9918. It includes a 'vertical interrupt' source to reposition the hardware sprites...
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cassette, My Card CPU Z80 @ 3.58 MHz Memory 1 KB RAM Display 256 × 192, 16 colors, 32 sprites Graphics TMS9918 Sound SN76489 Successor Master System...
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ROM: 32 KB BIOS (16 KB) BASIC (16 KB) RAM: 64 KB Video Display Processor: TMS9918 VRAM: 16 KB Text modes: 40×24 and 32×24 Resolution: 256×192 (16 colours)...
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