The Color Television Interface Adapter is the graphics chip used in some early Atari 400/800 home computers. The chip is the successor to the TIA chip used in the Atari 2600. The chip was later replaced with the GTIA in later revisions of the 400 and 800, and in all other member's of the Atari 8-bit family. No CTIA-equipped Ataris were shipped to Europe. An Atari 800XL, one of the most popular machines in the series. ... The Television Interface Adapter (TIA) is the custom chip that is the heart of the Atari 2600 games console and was created by Jay Miner of Amiga fame. ... The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, was the first successful video game console to use plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in. ... Georges Television Interface Adapter is the successor to the CTIA chip used in the Atari 8-bit Computers. ...

According to Joe Decuir, George McLeod designed the CTIA (Colleen TIA) in 1977. McLeod also designed the GTIA. Georges Television Interface Adapter is the successor to the CTIA chip used in the Atari 8-bit Computers. ...

Atari owners can determine if their machine is equipped with the CTIA or GTIA by executing the following BASIC command: POKE 623,64 If the screen blackens after execution, the machine is equipped with the new GTIA chip. If it stays blue, the machine has a CTIA chip instead. Georges Television Interface Adapter is the successor to the CTIA chip used in the Atari 8-bit Computers. ... Screenshot of Atari BASIC, an early BASIC language for small computers. ... Georges Television Interface Adapter is the successor to the CTIA chip used in the Atari 8-bit Computers. ...

See also: ANTIC, GTIA AntiC (or JLint) is a programming tool for finding programming errors in source code. ... Georges Television Interface Adapter is the successor to the CTIA chip used in the Atari 8-bit Computers. ...

External links

• De Re Atari – By Chris Crawford
• Mapping the Atari, Revised Edition – By Ian Chadwick