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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System I. A colour video card with sprite capability based on the same TMS9918 video chip as the TI-99/4 and MSX computers, designed for gaming, and more...
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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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only for a short period of time. CPU: Texas Instruments TMS9995 Video: TMS9918 VDP (Video Display Processor) Resolution: 256 x 192 pixels 16 colors, up...
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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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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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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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Processor (VDP) with the same internal design as the Texas Instruments TMS9918 (used in the SG-1000), although with enhanced features such as extra colors...
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Super Scaler, 315-5011/315-5012 and 315-5196/315-5197 Texas Instruments' TMS9918 Yamaha's V9938, V9958 and YM7101 VDP Many graphical user interfaces (GUIs)...
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CTIA and GTIA MOS Technology VIC MOS Technology VIC-II MOS Technology TED TMS9918 Motorola 6847 "YUV, YCbCr, YPbPr colour spaces". DiscoveryBiz.Net. 2024...
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ROM: 32 KB BIOS (16 KB) BASIC (16 KB) RAM: 16 KB Video Display Processor: TMS9918 VRAM: 16 KB Text modes: 40×24 and 32×24 Resolution: 256×192 (16 colours)...
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operating systems. In 1978, Danny Hillis, working as a summer intern on the TMS9918 graphics chip, wrote a graphical version of the game as a demonstration...
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5500 Sport, Nokia 6230i, Nokia 8800 208 × 208 1∶1 1∶1 1∶1 43,264 49.15K3 TMS9918 modes 1 (e.g. TI-99/4A) and 2, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Sega Master System, Nintendo...
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include the M5 Pro and M5 Jr. CPU: Zilog Z80, 3.58 MHz Video Hardware: TMS9918 40×24 text (6×8 characters), 224 user defined characters 256×192 graphics...
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VDP (Video Display Processor), is the successor of the Texas Instruments TMS9918 used in the MSX1 and other systems. The V9938 was in turn succeeded by...
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based around the Zilog Z80 CPU and a variant of the Texas Instruments TMS9918 video chip that was introduced in 1979. On NTSC ColecoVision consoles,...
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to Sato, the console was redesigned because of the limitations of the TMS9918 graphics chip in the SG-1000, which did not have the power for the kinds...
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amounts of RAM were accessed through bank switching. The machine featured TMS9918 or 9928 graphic chips, providing a 256 x 192 resolution, 16 color display...
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Recognition and Data Structures: 1–6 Online datasheet for the Texas Instruments TMS9918 Video Chip used in the MSX. "The TIFF image file format specification"...
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Z80A (4 MHz) Custom 6502C (1.19 MHz or 1.79 MHz) GPU Texas Instruments TMS9918 Yamaha YM2217 VDP (Video Display Processor) (later models) Ricoh PPU (Picture...
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ever built. BIOS (16 KB) MSX BASIC V1.0 (16 KB) Video Display Processor: TMS9918 with a Video RAM of 16 KB and this BASIC modes : SCREEN 0 : text 40 × 24...
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corresponding character memory. In some historical graphics chips, including the TMS9918, the MOS Technology VIC, and the Game Boy graphics hardware, this was actually...
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standard and quality of the CRT display. Thomson EF9345 Motorola 6845 TMS9918 MOS Technology VIC-II AY-3-8900 Standard Television Interface Chip Datasheet...
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It is the first home computer with a 16-bit processor and, with TI's TMS9918 video chip, one of the first with hardware sprites. September – NEC releases...
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TI-99/4A TMS9900 1979 TV, monitor Cassette, optional floppy disk drive TMS9918 Several models, more common 4A in 1981; some compatibles made by others...
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