Notices by Stephen Kitt (skitt@mastodon.social)

@dosnostalgic 8-bit Ataris had “attract mode” which was supposed to reduce burn-in on TV screens: http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-what-is-attract-mode_74.html

@dosnostalgic ah right, yes, I agree on both counts! I suspect that supporting composite CGA made more sense for games with EGA/VGA resources than for games originally developed purely for CGA. But by the time EGA and VGA were around, how many users were still using CGA on an NTSC TV?

@dosnostalgic only a couple of dozen? https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2013/11/ibm-pc-color-composite-graphics.html lists 110…