Atari: Difference between revisions

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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)

8 bit

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 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 GUI : easier, really.
Same Sound Chip : almost.
Quite powerfull to calculate sweet Data Compression (used in Xyphoes Fantasy)

Atari ST on the other WIKI

Links

Atari Mania Games database of everything Atari
Atari at the English-language Wikipedia

8-bit

https://atariwiki.org Atari 8bit wiki
Altirra Hardware Reference Manual Latest (09/2024!) Atari XL hardware documentation

16-bit

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 *[https://www.atarimania.com/ Atari Mania] Games database of everything Atari
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+===8-bit===
 *https://atariwiki.org Atari 8bit wiki
 *[[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]]

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