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Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].
Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].


Used to build 8 bits consoles (Atari2600...), 8 bits computers and the famous Atari ST (16 bit)
Used to build arcade systems, 8 and 64 bits consoles (Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar), [[Atari 8-bit|8-bit computers]], the famous [[Atari ST]] (16-bit) and less famous Atari Falcon (32-bit). And Atari also produced a line of IBM-compatible PCs.
 
== 8 bit ==
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family Atari 8-bit family on the other WIKI]
 
== 16 bit ==
 
The [[Atari ST]] were released in 1985-86...
 
They were famous for being  :
 
*Inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still better (the war still rages on nowadays).
 
*A hardware [[MIDI|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 [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]] : easier, really.
*Same Sound Chip : almost.
*Quite powerfull to calculate sweet [[Data Compression]] (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]])
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI]


==Links==
==Links==


*[https://atariage.com/ AtariAge] Covers Atari gaming consoles
*[https://www.atarimania.com/ Atari Mania] Games database of everything Atari (arcade, consoles and computers)
*[https://youtu.be/-KHvaPkgvvQ All Atari 2600 games] [https://youtu.be/6z3qvj28o5Q All Atari 5200 games] [https://youtu.be/nzJOtgZKHXU All Atari 7800 games] [https://youtu.be/lWgyaDCJyVQ All Atari Lynx games] [https://youtu.be/gS17wwR468Q All Atari Jaguar games] in one video
*[https://youtu.be/YKVa1M35iJs Jack Tramiel vs. IBM - The Atari PC Story] by [[ctrl-alt-rees]]
*{{EnWiki}}
*{{EnWiki}}
*[[Media:Altirra Hardware Reference Manual - 20240921.pdf|Altirra Hardware Reference Manual]] Latest (09/2024!) Atari XL hardware documentation
*[http://ftp.pigwa.net/ Atari FTP Archive]
*[[Media:Atari ST - Hardware Specification.pdf]]
*[[Atari 8-bit]]
*[[Atari ST]]


[[Category:Non CPC Computers]]
[[Category:Non CPC Computers]]

Latest revision as of 04:33, 10 April 2025

Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-Infogrames.

Used to build arcade systems, 8 and 64 bits consoles (Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar), 8-bit computers, the famous Atari ST (16-bit) and less famous Atari Falcon (32-bit). And Atari also produced a line of IBM-compatible PCs.

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