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	Atari POKEY - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Atari POKEY is a digital I/O chip found in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and many arcade games in the 1980s.
		POKEY is also well known for its sound effect and music generation capabilities, producing a distinctive square wave sound popular among chip tune aficionados.
		The USPTO granted U.S. Patent 4,314,236 to Atari on February 2, 1982 for an "Apparatus for producing a plurality of audio sound effects".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_POKEY (317 words)

	Atari 7800 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With this system, Atari addressed all the shortcomings of the Atari 5200: it had simple digital joysticks; it was almost fully backwards compatible with the Atari 2600; and it was affordable (it was originally priced at $140 USD).
		The 7800 was the first game system from Atari which was designed by an outside company (by the General Computer Corporation, future consoles designed outside the company were the Atari Lynx and the Atari Jaguar).
		In 1987, the Atari XEGS was released and it came with a light gun, called the XG-1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_7800 (843 words)

	Atari 8-bit family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Atari researched on what would be needed to produce a workable home computer of their own.
		Atari had originally intended to port Microsoft BASIC to the machine, as had most other vendors, intending to supply it on an 8k ROM cartridge.
		Atari's peripherals were named after the machines they were intended to be used with, so in general they have names like "410" and "1050".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_8-bit_family (4660 words)

	ATARI CX-5200
		The atari 5200 was essentially a repackaged Atari 400/800 computer.
		The Pokey chip was used to generate sound, handle controller I/O, random numbers, IRQ handling, and control of the serial expansion port.
		Atari did eventually rush a 2600 adaptor for the unit out, but it was to late - the infamous Video Game Crash came and the 5200 was eventually scraped.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/5200.html (331 words)

	Atari POKEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Atari POKEY is a digital I/O chip found in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and many arcade game s in the 1980 s.
		Its name comes from PO tentiometer and KEY board, as it was commonly used to sample (ADC) potentiometer s (such a game paddle s) and scan matrices of switches (such as a computer keyboard).
		While the original version from Atari is still a blast to play, Medieval Madness adds arcade features and a level of polish missing from the original 2600 release, as well as a menu to select options before starting the game.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Atari_POKEY.html (1111 words)

	MAWS - MAME source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Atari POKEY Chip Emulator V2.0 ============================== by Ron Fries 31 Jan 97 The PokeySound Chip Emulator is designed to emulate the functionality of the Atari POKEY Chip Hardware through 'C' Sourcecode.
		Differences Between the Emulator and the Actual POKEY Chip: ----------------------------------------------------------- The biggest difference between the emulator and the original hardware is that the emulator emulates an 'ideal' POKEY chip.
		If 4 POKEY chips are emulated and all 16 channels are used at full volume, the gain must be no more than 16 to prevent distortion.
	www.mameworld.net /maws/mamesrc/src/sound/pokey.txt (1800 words)

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		Donated by Bryan Edewaard POKEY (stands for: POts & KEYs) - Atari #CO12294 Pokey is a custom IC developed by Atari for use in the Atari 400/800 Home Computers, but they eventually found their way into many classic Atari coin-ops, and are more flexible than the more common GI AY-3-8910 family of sound generators.
		Pokey sound effects have a unique sound that is easy to recognize once you know what to listen for.
		The pin-outs of Pokey are as follows: 1.
	gamearchive.com /Video_Games/Manufacturers/Atari/text/pokey_descr.txt (192 words)

	Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the 8-bit Atari computers in their heyday were technically quite comparable if not superior in the worlds of home and business personal computing, they also live up to the name "Atari" with a huge library of video games which were often outstanding for their time.
		The ideal Atari monitor cable includes 4 RCA male connectors on the output end, carrying the sound signal, the composite video signal, the composite luminance signal, and the composite chrominance signal.
		Note: After having 3-4 Atari and at least one (converted) Sega lightgun, it is my personal impression, that the Atari lightgun merely works ok on/with TV-sets (and not at all with a monitor), whereas the Sega lightgun works alright on TV's and (most) monitors.
	omicron.felk.cvut.cz /FAQ/articles/a498.html (14992 words)

	How good is the POKEY ? - AtariAge Forums
		POKEY was also used in many Atari coin-ops (but sometimes in conjunction with other sound chips), but I don't know if any were from before 1979.
		Best place to hear what's on atari is the SAP archive, which was inspired by the Hi Voltage SID collection of tunes (link on the site to that).
		POKEY was 3 years older than SID but Arcade developers used POKEY for their stuff vs SID.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=16757 (1845 words)

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		This means that Atari cannot sell the Stacy as a consumer device at this time, but will be able to market it to the largest and loudest group currently clamoring for it - professional musicians.
		Atari plans to continue the efforts to obtain the more favorable type acceptance, even if some re-design of the Stacy becomes necessary.
		Fordham appeared at the PC Show earlier at Atari's Music stand, and Atari was present at each location showing off their business and entertainment hardware and software.
	www.textfiles.com /magazines/ZNET/0182.txt (4537 words)

	Atari Pokey Data Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Inside the POKEY is a 6-bit binary counter, a 6-bit compare latch, and an 8-bit key code latch.
		If the debounce is disabled, the POKEY forces the binary counter equal compare latch signal to a logic true value which will disable debounce.
		If the POKEY is in the initial state (see SKTLS), the counter is set to all ones state, therefore the CPU will read $FF.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /kryten_droid/Atari/800XL/atari_hw/pokey.htm (3310 words)

	Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions
		Atari never produced hard drives for the 8-bit Atari, but a variety of options have been produced over the years.
		Atari was a HUGE company, dominating Silicon Valley, and included a massive research and development department which famously designed many, many products that never saw the light of day.
		Atari called this format "dual-density," but the Atari community quickly came to refer to this format as "enhanced-density" to better differentiate it from widely available 3rd-party truly double density disk drives and supporting versions of DOS.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/atari-8-bit/faq (14140 words)

	RMT - RASTER MUSIC TRACKER - ATARI XE/XL
		RMT uses Atari XE/XL music routine of my own - I developed it for a very long time and I hope it will take a fancy of all Atari musicians and fans.
		RMT používá mou vlastní Atari XE/XL hudební rutinu, kterou jsem promýšlel a vyvíjel velmi dlouhou dobu a doufám, že bude přínosem v hudební tvorbě pro 8bitové Atárko.
		Atari POKEY chip with RMT routines can sound like a C64 SID chip.
	raster.infos.cz /atari/rmt/rmt.htm (1374 words)

	The Atari++ HomePage
		The Atari++ Emulator is a Unix based emulator of the Atari eight bit computers, namely the Atari 400 and 800, the Atari 400XL, 800XL and 130XE, and the Atari 5200 game console.
		Precise emulation of the POKEY SIO (serial transfer) protocol, including the Atari "sound effects" on disk loading and some lesser known influences of serial transfer on the sound subsystem.
		Atari++ 1.30 and up contain a built-in ROM emulation that tries to mimic the AtariXL operating system closely.
	www.math.tu-berlin.de /~thor/atari++ (1087 words)

	MyAtari magazine: POKEY Sound: Grayscale Project
		Atari computers were very popular in these days - the others were CBM and its C64...
		I think, that Atari was a part of our childhood, a part of our history.
		Our (I mean: all Atari musicians') music helps Atari to be noticeable in the chip tune world.
	www.myatari.net /issues/apr2003/grayscal.htm (1427 words)

	Pokey Stereo Sound Upgrade
		POKEY STEREO UPGRADE by C. Steinman (GEnie User: DataQue.1) Presented 12/16/1989 Information file for adding stereo to an Atari 8-bit computer using two pokey chips.
		f) On the old POKEY there is a 3k pullup resistor connected between pin-31 and Vcc.
		2) POKEY Information a) Bend up all pins on the new POKEY which are marked with a minus on the diagram.
	atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz /~pavel/atari/pokey.html (388 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Especially I like squarewave music very much."Squarewave" is the stylistical term for that sort of minimalistical,monotonous musical sound as it was played by the early homecomputers and tv-games,and as it is still produced by some electronic doorchimes,electronic toys and toy organs.
		The Atari XL musics were really much to good to be lost and also the melo- dies of the Compumate with their unique squarewave harmonies really should be preserved.The POKEY chip is less complex than the C64 SID,so it should be not too difficult to emulate it properly.
		But I am especially fascinated by POKEY (Atari 8Bit) musics;unfortunately there is no POKEY-Player for PC yet(only a beta release for my Amiga).
	users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de /~windle_c/vgames/sqrwave.txt (2591 words)

	Tempest (arcade) question - AtariAge Forums
		The game's sound is generated by two Atari Pokey ICs which provide a total of eight voices.
		The video is handled by the Atari Vector Generator which has its own RAM and ROM.
		The only similarities that early 80's atari arcade games had with the 8-bit series was the microprocessor (6502) and the sound chips (pokey).
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=37625 (541 words)

	Atari C026461 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Along with the ROM chip there is an Atari Pokey sound chip which allowed some games to have a much better sound capabilities then the stock system provided.
		The Pokey chip is mapped to the address range $4000 to $7fff.
		The only thing I can think is that Atari intended to make a custom ROM chip for this board that contain either extra RAM or bankswitching hardware.
	www.atarihq.com /danb/7800cart/C026461.shtml (120 words)

	The Breadboard Pokey Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Atari Pokey chip, pictured above is used on several of their early 8 bit computers, but is used much more widely in the early 80s video game PCBs, where it produced much of the sound effects and music for the games.
		The pokey has already been emulated for MAME, and so the source code to a pokey emulator was already available.
		This could be re-written for a fast microcontroller, and with a few additional chips, could be made into a Pokey.
	www.leopardcats.com /bbpokey/breadboard_pokey_project.htm (679 words)

	ipedia.com: Atari POKEY Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Atari POKEY pin-out The Atari POKEY is a digital I/O chip found in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and many arcade games in the 1980s.
		Its name comes from PO tentiometer and KEY board, as it...
		Its name comes from POtentiometer and KEYboard, as it was commonly used to sample (ADC) potentiometers (such a game paddless) and scan matrices of switches (such as a computer keyboard).
	www.ipedia.com /atari_pokey.html (266 words)

	Atari Asteroids Repair Encyclopedia
		Scope: This document has be written to help troubleshoot Atari Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe and where possible any clones and the three cabinet configurations (Upright, Cocktail and Mini).
		Atari manufactured these Black and White Vector games during 1979-80, Asteroids and 1980/81, for Asteroids Deluxe.
		The one with "Asteroids by Atari" is the original (version -01) release.
	www.ionpool.net /arcade/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html (4300 words)

	Atari 8-Bit Computers: Vendors and Developers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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	www.faqs.org /faqs/atari-8-bit/vendev (2282 words)

	Atari 8-Bit Computers: Vendors and Developers
		Atari 8-Bit Computers Vendors and Developers List "A comprehensive list of vendors, developers, publishers, and repair shops for Atari 8-bit computers and their users" Additions/suggestions/comments/corrections are needed!
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	www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/atari-8-bit/vendev.html (1752 words)

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	ComputerBase - Lexikon: Atari POKEY
		POKEY war der Name des Soundchips der 8-Bit Computer der Firma Atari.
		Der Name steht für POtentiometer and KEYboard Integrated Circuit.
		Neben Computern wie Atari 800 oder Atari 800 XL, wurde der Chip auch in Videospielkonsolen wie dem Atari 5200 und in Arcade-Automaten verwendet.
	www.computerbase.de /lexikon/Atari_POKEY (163 words)

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