Used to build 8 bits consoles (Atari2600...), 8 bits computers and the famous Atari ST (16 bit)
== 8 bit ==
== 16 bit ==
The Atari ST were released in 1985-86...
They were famous for being :
*Inferior to the [[Amiga]] (the war still rages on).
*A Hardware [[Midi Port]] : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks.
*used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?).
It's use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many advantges :
*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]])