14 Jul
2000
14 Jul
'00
3:34 a.m.
"Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)" wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Michael Maginnis wrote:
Thanks for the info. It's a shame those boards never gained more than
minimal acceptance. Too expensive, I suppose. The graphics (and sound
for that matter) of the II series were among the worst in the
industry...
Mike
"Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)" wrote:
The sprite board was almost a whole TI home computer on a board,
at least graphics wise. I never got to play around with one, but I
did read about it in magazines...seems like it would liven up the
otherwise somewhat limited Apple color graphics scheme...
There's a little blurb about the SuperSprite and StarSprite boards over
at http://www.hypermall.com/History/ah12.html
They were very expensive (about $400), so they really didn't catch
on with most users. Pity...
The TMS9918A was the TI/994A graphics controller chip, IIRC.