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The Atari ST |
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Specifications |
| Processor |
Motorola 68000 |
| Clock Speed |
8 MHz |
| ROM |
192 KB |
| RAM - fitted |
512 KB |
| RAM - maximum |
4 MB |
| Display |
Display modes (60 Hz NTSC, 50 Hz PAL,
71.2 Hz monochrome): |
| Colours |
Low resolution - 320×200 (16 color),
palette of 512 colors Medium resolution - 640×200 (4
color), palette of 512 colors High resolution - 640×400
(mono), monochrome |
| Sound |
Yamaha YM2149 3-voice square wave plus
1-voice white noise mono Programmable Sound Generator |
| I/O Capability |
TV out (on STM and STFM models,
NTSC or PAL standard RF modulated), MIDI in/out (with
'out-thru'), RS-232 serial, Centronics parallel
(printer), monitor (RGB or Composite Video colour and
mono, 13-pin DIN), extra disk drive port (15-pin DIN),
DMA port (ACSI port, Atari Computer System Interface)
for hard disks and Atari Laser Printer (sharing RAM with
computer system), joystick and mouse ports (9-pin MSX
standard) |
| Data Storage |
Drive: Single-sided 3½" floppy disk
drive, 360 KB capacity when formatted to standard 9
sector, 80 track layout. |
| Built in languages |
Operating System - Atari
TOS
(The Operating System) |
Interestingly, the "ST" stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two",
which refers to the Motorola 68000 processor's 16-bit external
bus and 32-bit internals.
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