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Re:Yes, the Apple II MouseCard IRQ Is Synced to the VBL by vardump on Thursday May 08, 2025 @12:34PM (#43927912)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computers

Atari 800 Home Computer System was released in 1979 and had both bitmap and character graphics as well as sprites.

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Re:Yes, the Apple II MouseCard IRQ Is Synced to the VBL by AndrewStephens on Thursday May 08, 2025 @01:12PM (#43928473)
The Atari really did have amazing graphics capabilities but the basic Apple][ design predates it by at least 2 years. Apple were slow to add graphical enhancements to the ][ line, perhaps not wanting to be labeled as a mere "gaming" machine.
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Re:Yes, the Apple II MouseCard IRQ Is Synced to the VBL by EvanAnderson on Thursday May 08, 2025 @01:41PM (#43928922)
Atari had the capital to use custom ASICs to provide that functionality. The Apple II was all off-the-shelf parts.
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Re:Yes, the Apple II MouseCard IRQ Is Synced to the VBL by DerekL on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:46AM (#43933861)
It also supported smooth scrolling.
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