Apple II sprite boards

From: Michael Maginnis <celt_at_chisp.net>
Date: Fri Jul 14 10:34:26 2000

"Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Michael Maginnis wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)" wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> 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...

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
Received on Fri Jul 14 2000 - 10:34:26 BST

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