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| − | The [[Atari ST]] were released in 1985 | + | The [[Atari ST]] were released in 1985, originally with an external PSU and external floppy drive. In 1986, the Atari STF integrated these components inside the machine itself. |
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*Inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still better (the war still rages on nowadays). | *Inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still better (the war still rages on nowadays). | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI] | ||
| − | The | + | The Atari STE followed up in 1989 by adding these new features: |
* 4096 instead of 512 colour palette | * 4096 instead of 512 colour palette | ||
* Fine Horizontal and Vertical hardware scrolling | * Fine Horizontal and Vertical hardware scrolling | ||
Revision as of 23:25, 3 December 2024
Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-Infogrames.
Used to build 8 and 64 bits consoles (Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar), 8 bits computers, the famous Atari ST (16 bit) and less famous Atari Falcon (32 bit)
Contents
8 bit
Atari 8-bit family on the other WIKI
16 bit
The Atari ST were released in 1985, originally with an external PSU and external floppy drive. In 1986, the Atari STF integrated these components inside the machine itself.
These machines were famous for being:
- Inferior to the Amiga yet still better (the war still rages on nowadays).
- A hardware Midi Port : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks.
- used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?).
Its use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many advantages :
- Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16.
- Possibility of a good GUI : easier, really.
- Same Sound Chip : almost.
- Quite powerfull to calculate sweet Data Compression (used in Xyphoes Fantasy)
The Atari STE followed up in 1989 by adding these new features:
- 4096 instead of 512 colour palette
- Fine Horizontal and Vertical hardware scrolling
- Blitter
- Stereo 8-bit PCM sound using DMA, with variable rate (50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25KHz)
- 256KB ROM instead of 192KB, containing the TOS
- Four 30-pin SIMM-slots, for up to 4 MB RAM
- Extended and analogue capable joystick ports
Links
- Atari Mania Games database of everything Atari
- Atari at the English-language Wikipedia
8-bit
- https://atariwiki.org Atari 8bit wiki
- Altirra Hardware Reference Manual Latest (09/2024!) Atari XL hardware documentation
16-bit
- https://www.atari-wiki.com Atari ST Wiki
- Media:Atari ST - Hardware Specification.pdf
- Atari ST Internals
- Atari STE Service Manual
- Atari Documentation Archive
- Atari image file formats documented
- Motorola MC68000 CPU User's Manual
- Yamaha YM2149 SSG datasheet
- Western Digital WD1772 FDC datasheet
- Motorola MK68901 MFP datasheet
- Hitachi HD6301 IKBD datasheet
- 6850 ACIA chip
- Atari ST forum
