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Atari ANTIC
1979
Atari's Alphanumeric Television Interface Controller, the display-list processor driving graphics on Atari 8-bit computers.
Machines
Emulators
| Emulator | Type | License | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altirra | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| Atari 5200 | online | MIT | Website ↗ |
| Atari++ | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| Atari800 | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| Atari800MacX | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| Fujisan | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| Rainbow | downloadable | Freeware | Website ↗ |
| Sfotty Pie A8 | online | MIT | Website ↗ |
| Xformer | downloadable | Freeware | Website ↗ |
| jsA8E | online | Freeware | Website ↗ |
Reference & documentation
External technical references for programming Atari ANTIC and for writing emulators.
| Resource | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Altirra Hardware Reference Manual (Avery Lee) ↗ | Datasheet | Definitive cycle-exact ANTIC hardware behavior for emulator authors |
| Atari 800XL Service Manual ↗ | Datasheet | Service manual covering ANTIC, GTIA, POKEY signals |
| ANTIC Instruction Set ↗ | Instruction set | Display-list opcode formats, mode table, LMS/DLI/scroll flags |
| Altirra Hardware Reference Manual (Avery Lee) ↗ | Interrupt list | DMA cycle-stealing and DLI/NMI timing tables in detail |
| Atari 8-bit Display List Interrupts: A Complete Tutorial ↗ | Interrupt list | Deep DLI kernels, cycle stealing, emulator timing differences |
| Mapping the Atari - Appendix 8: Display Lists ↗ | Memory map | Display-list mode bytes, boundaries, LMS address encoding |
| ANTIC - Wikipedia ↗ | Pinout | 40-pin C012296 pinout plus all chip variants |
| De Re Atari - Chapter 2: ANTIC and the Display List ↗ | Programming | Canonical guide to building custom display lists |
| ANTIC - Wikipedia ↗ | Reference | Full register list ($D4xx) with bit-level descriptions |
| Atari 800XL Schematics (rev 2) ↗ | Schematic | Board schematics showing ANTIC wiring and bus |