Posted By
MMS
on 2021-12-31
07:27:11
 |  Re: Atari 2600, 5200 & 7800 style games on C16/Plus4?
OK, sorry, you are right, it confused me that in fact Jay Miner was the designer of the VCS chip, but later we spoke before Jeff Minter, also from Atari.
Jay Glenn Miner
"Atari
Due to its manufacturing of the MOS Technology 65xx series of chips, Synertek was recommended as a partner to Atari, Inc. after it had been decided to use the MOS 6507 for their upcoming Atari VCS home video game console. One of Atari's engineers, Harold Lee, had worked with Miner at Standard MicroSystems and suggested him as the designer for a custom chip which would power Atari's new console. Through an arrangement with Synertek, Atari hired Miner in late 1975 to lead the chip design for the Atari VCS, primarily that of the display hardware, the TIA.[8]
Miner would also be the designer on the follow-up technology intended for a successor console to the Atari VCS."
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