TED

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TED-Chip 8360 Revision 2, date of production week 40/1984

TED 7360/8360 - Text Editing Device (jokingly "Tramiels Exit Device") was a chip made by MOS Technology Inc and was the primary chip used in the Commodore Plus/4, C16 and C116. The chip provided video, sound generation hardware, DRAM refresh circuitry, interval timers and keyboard input handling.

Technical Details

Video Specifications

• Text mode: 40X25
• Hi-Res graphics: 320X200
• Multicolor Graphics Mode: 160X200

Audio Specification

• 2 channel tone generator
  • Channel 1: Square wave
  • Channel 2: Square wave or white noise

7360 vs 8360

The 8360 is functionally the same than the 7360 but they are manufactured with a different technology. Most machines contain a 8360.

• 7360 HMOS-1
• 8360 HMOS-2

Links

Wikipedia: MOS_Technology_TED

• TED details at cbmmuseum.kuto.de