Atari ST

The Atari 520 ST
The Atari ST was introduced in the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas in 1985. It was the biggest surprise of the show because just six months into Jack Tramiel (Commodore founder) had bought Atari Inc. (which later, the exchange name by Atari Corp.).
The letters "ST" is the abbreviation of "Sixteen / Thirty-two" (in Castilian, sixteen / thirty-two), the reference processor's internal 32-bit Motorola 68000 with the external bus 16-bit, but ran the rumor that the lyrics actually refer to ST "Sam Tramiel," son of Jack Tramiel and president of Atari Corp. citation needed .
ST Series was launched on the market for Atari although their stay at Commodore, Amiga Tramiel Corp. had contracted to manufacture a personal computer, 16 bits, but the legal issues of Commodore andalusia march caused the dissolution of that contract.
As a result Computer thrown the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST created using electronics as a computer to launch to coincide with the launch of the Commodore Amiga.
Was also designed to be a murderer, Macintosh, and was called the "Jackintosh" as they were a serious alternative to the Mac (in the field of music and publishing) for much less money. In fact this series Atari launched under the slogan "Power without price."
Offering features never before found in personal computers: 16-bit microprocessor, more ports, serial MIDI interface, high resolution graphics, number of colors, enhanced GUI (graphical user interface). It was much cheaper and the expandable Macintosh (MIDI, graphics, colors, etc.) and competitors were not very numerous (the Commodore 128, PC AT and compatibles, and the old CP / M). This explains why over 6 million Atari ST were sold worldwide.
During the eighties until the mid-90s was the core of most studies audiovisual MIDI interface included as standard. In the standard software is popular music as Steinberg Cubase and Emagic to Notator (predecessor of Logic Audio).
The Atari ST as a highlight of computers with more quality and quantity of games citation needed .




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