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Atari ST Dead

Atari ST
KindMachine
Introduced1985
Discontinued1993
StatusDead
ManufacturerAtari
ClassHome computer
PlatformMotorola 68000
Sourcebitsavers.org ↗

'Jackintosh' — Tramiel's 68000 answer shipped in five months flat. Built-in MIDI made it the recording-studio standard; Power without the price, as the ads said.

Created by Atari, Inc.
Hosted Atari TOS

Tramiel's Atari Corp shipped the 520ST in June 1985 — five months after he bought the company — the first 16-bit computer under $1,000, with built-in MIDI ports that made it the studio standard for a decade (every 90s recording studio had one).

'Power without the price' was the slogan; the ST's GEM desktop and MIDI dominance made it the European home-computer staple.

Sources

  1. bitsavers.org/pdf/atari/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST