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Atari ST

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(computer)Atari ST - A personal computer released by Atari in 1985. The "ST" stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", from the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit processor. The original 520ST model had an external floppy drive and power supply whereas the 1040ST had them built-in. The 520 and later 520STFM came with 512 KB of RAM, the 1040 had 1 MB. Several upgraded models followed, up to the 1993 Motorola 68030 based Falcon.

The ST was the first home computer with built-in MIDI ports and plenty of MIDI software. A wide range of other software from office to games was also available.


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Being able to run the same software at work, school and resulted in the enivtable conclusion of ending the chances of other computing platforms that still existed in the early nineties like the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and even almost killed the Apple Macintosh; but how that survived is another long story.
 
 
 
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