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Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].
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)
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]
 
The original machine was followed up by the Atari STE which added new features:
* 4096 instead of 512 colour palette
* Horizontal and Vertical hardware scrolling
* Blitter
* Stereo 8-Bit PCM sound
* 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==
==Links==


*[https://www.atarimania.com/ Atari Mania] Games database of everything Atari
*[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}}
 
*[http://ftp.pigwa.net/ Atari FTP Archive]
===8-bit===
*[[Atari 8-bit]]
*https://atariwiki.org Atari 8bit wiki
*[[Atari ST]]
*[[Media:Altirra Hardware Reference Manual - 20240921.pdf|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]]
*[https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/Atari-ST-Internals.pdf Atari ST Internals]
*[https://www.atarimuseum.de/archiv/tech/sm_ste.pdf Atari STE Service Manual]
*[https://docs.dev-docs.org/ Atari Documentation Archive]
*[https://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/myDoc.php Atari image file formats documented]
*[[Media:MC68000 User's Manual.pdf|Motorola MC68000 CPU User's Manual]]
*[[Media:Ym2149 datasheet.pdf|Yamaha YM2149 SSG datasheet]]
*[[Media:WD1772-JLG.pdf|Western Digital WD1772 FDC datasheet]]
*[[Media:MK68901 MFP datasheet.pdf|Motorola MK68901 MFP datasheet]]
*[[Media:HD6301V1 datasheet.pdf|Hitachi HD6301 IKBD datasheet]]
*[[6850 ACIA chip]]
*[https://www.atari-forum.com/ Atari ST forum]


[[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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