The VIC-II (Video Interface Chip II), specifically known as the MOS Technology 6567/6566/8562/8564 (NTSC versions), 6569/8565/8566 (PAL), is the microchip...
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The VIC (Video Interface Chip), specifically known as the MOS Technology 6560 (NTSC version) / 6561 (PAL version), is the integrated circuit chip responsible...
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MOS Technology, Inc. ("MOS" being short for Metal Oxide Semiconductor), later known as CSG (Commodore Semiconductor Group) and GMT Microelectronics, was...
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static RAM and used the same MOS 6502 CPU as the PET. The VIC-20's video chip, the MOS Technology VIC, was a general-purpose color video chip designed by Al...
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Look up VIC, Vic, vic, or Vic. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vic, vic or VIC may refer to: Vic (name), a list of people, fictional characters and...
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MOS Technology 8502 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology and used in the Commodore 128 (C128). It is an improved version of the MOS 6510...
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The MOS Technology 6502 (typically pronounced "sixty-five-oh-two" or "six-five-oh-two") is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by a small team led...
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the Commodore 128 ever saw production. Unlike earlier MOS video chips such as the popular VIC-II, the VDC had dedicated video memory, 16 kilobytes (16...
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The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) is the built-in programmable sound generator chip of the Commodore CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore...
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The 7360/8360 TExt Display (TED) was an integrated circuit made by MOS Technology, Inc. It was a video chip that also contained sound generation hardware...
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NMOS logic (redirect from N-MOS)
NMOS or nMOS logic (from N-type metal–oxide–semiconductor) uses n-type (-) MOSFETs (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors) to implement logic...
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console. Design work for the chips, named MOS Technology VIC-II (Video Integrated Circuit for graphics) and MOS Technology SID (Sound Interface Device for...
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Commodore 1541 (redirect from VIC-1541)
followed the Commodore 1540 (meant for the VIC-20). The disk drive uses group coded recording (GCR) and contains a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, doubling...
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Commodore 1540 (redirect from VIC-1540)
is an "intelligent peripheral" in that it has its own MOS Technology 6502 CPU (just like its VIC-20 host) and the resident Commodore DOS on board in ROM...
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generate color internally based on YPBPR: CTIA and GTIA MOS Technology VIC MOS Technology VIC-II MOS Technology TED TMS9918 Motorola 6847 "YUV, YCbCr, YPbPr...
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Commodore's PET line. Commodore's MOS Technology division had designed a video chip but could not find any third-party buyers. The VIC-20 resulted from the confluence...
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Super Expander (redirect from Commodore VIC-20 Super Expander)
suffered the same, or equivalent, shortcomings. Commodore BASIC MOS Technology VIC (aka the MOS Technology 6560 Video Interface Chip) Super Expander 64 ftp...
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The MOS Technology 8568 Video Display Controller (VDC) was the graphics processor responsible for the 80 column[1] or RGBI display on the Commodore 128DCR...
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6526/8520 Complex Interface Adapter (CIA) was an integrated circuit made by MOS Technology. It served as an I/O port controller for the 6502 family of microprocessors...
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produced in large numbers by highly automated metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) fabrication processes, resulting in a relatively low unit price. Single-chip...
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to allow the VIC-II video chip access to the system bus) (C128D(CR)): MOS Technology 6502 for the integrated floppy controller MMU: MOS Technology 8722...
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Commodore International (section VIC 1520 plotter)
(1976); was produced by MOS Technology, which was bought by Commodore Commodore PET/CBM range (1977) VIC-20 – a.k.a. VIC-1001 (1980 [VIC-1001] – 1984) (CBM);...
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MOS Technology 6502, and variants of it, were used in personal computers, such as the Apple I, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, BBC Micro, PET, VIC-20...
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Motorola 6845 (redirect from MOS Technology 6545)
processors, and was most commonly found in machines based on the Zilog Z80 and MOS 6502. The 6845 is not an entire display solution on its own; the chip's main...
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Atari 2600 in 1977. MOS Technology SID, a programmable sound generator developed for the Commodore 64 in 1982. MOS Technology VIC-II, a video display...
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the Commodore 64, the same SID sound chip, and a MOS Technology 6566 graphics chip, a version of the VIC-II that powers the C-64 graphics for the MAX' static...
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further vacuum tube computers uncompetitive. Metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) large-scale integration (LSI) technology subsequently led to the development...
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was an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, the KIM-1 single-board computer, and its...
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others. The MOS Technology 6560 (NTSC) and 6561 (PAL) are known as the video interface controller (VIC) and used in the VIC-20. The MOS Technology 6567/8562/8564...
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Commodore 65 (section Enhanced VIC-II modes)
The CPU named CSG 4510 R3 is a custom CSG 65CE02 (a MOS 6502 derivative), combined with two MOS 6526 complex interface adapters (CIAs), a UART serial...
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