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| Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]]. | | Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]]. |
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| 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. |
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| == 8 bit ==
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family Atari 8-bit family on the other WIKI]
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| == 16 bit ==
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| The [[Atari ST]] was released in 1985, originally with an external PSU and external floppy drive. In 1986, the Atari STF integrated these components inside the machine itself.
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| A version intended for business users was also created in 1987 and named the Mega ST. It featured more RAM, a real time clock, a blitter chip for faster rendering and a detached keyboard.
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| These machines were famous for being:
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| *Inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still better (the war still rages on nowadays). It was easier to do work on Atari, while on Amiga a guru meditation (machine crash) was never far away.
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| *A hardware [[MIDI|Midi Port]] : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks.
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| *used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?).
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| Its use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many advantages :
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| *Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16.
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| *Possibility of a good [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]] : easier, really.
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| *Same Sound Chip : almost.
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| *Quite powerfull to calculate sweet [[Data Compression]] (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]])
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI]
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| The Atari STE followed up in 1989 by adding these new features:
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| * 4096 instead of 512 colour palette
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| * Fine Horizontal and Vertical hardware scrolling
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| * Blitter chip, same as in the Mega ST
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| * Stereo 8-bit PCM sound using DMA, with variable rate (50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25KHz)
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| * 256KB ROM instead of 192KB, containing the TOS
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| * Four 30-pin SIMM-slots, for up to 4 MB RAM
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| * Extended and analogue capable joystick ports
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| ==Links== | | ==Links== |
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| *[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
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| === 16-bit===
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| *https://www.atari-wiki.com Atari ST Wiki
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| *[[Media:Atari ST - Hardware Specification.pdf]]
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| *[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]
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| *[https://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/myDoc.php Atari image file formats documented]
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| *[[Media:MC68000 User's Manual.pdf|Motorola MC68000 CPU User's Manual]]
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| *[[Media:WD1772-JLG.pdf|Western Digital WD1772 FDC datasheet]] | |
| *[[Media:MK68901 MFP datasheet.pdf|Motorola MK68901 MFP datasheet]]
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| *[[Media:HD6301V1 datasheet.pdf|Hitachi HD6301 IKBD datasheet]]
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| *[[PSG|Yamaha YM2149 SSG chip]]
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| *[[6850 ACIA chip|Motorola MC6850 ACIA chip]]
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| *[https://www.atari-forum.com/ Atari ST forum]
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| [[Category:Non CPC Computers]] | | [[Category:Non CPC Computers]] |
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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