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| - | [* black] The chipset of the launch model featured two MOS Technologies chips for the CPU, RAM, and I/O, as well as a custom chip from Atari to handle the audio and video processing. |
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| - | [* black] Atari's custom chip, the ***T***elevision ***I***nterface ***A***dapter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Interface_Adapter|(TIA)] is the moneymaker of the 2600, as it allowed for multiple colors, increased graphic capabilities, and sound. |
| + | [* black] Brains! |
| [* black] This chipset boasted: | |
| [* black] 1.19MHz 8-bit processor | |
| [* black] 128 bytes RAM (thats ***''bytes''*** not kB) | |
| [* black] 192 x 160 screen resolution | |
| [* black] 16 colors, 4 onscreen | |
| + | [* black] 2 chanel sound |
| [* black] Unlike previous consoles, where the games were stored on internal chips, the games for the 2600 are stored in ***R***ead ***O***nly ***M***emory (ROM) chips housed in external cartridges. This allowed for a potentially infinite number of playable games for the 2600. |