ITs History!A year after the video game crash of 1983, Commodore founder Jack Tramiel left the billion dollar company and purchased Ataris consumer division of Warner Bros. There he continued his vision of volkscomputers, and the #ST520 was launched as the first #PC with a #GUI and color graphics for less than USD 1,000.
Its Motorola 68K CPU was running over 8 Mhz with up to 4 MB RAM, and with Digital Research's #GEM the machine rendered graphics with 16 colors in 320 Γ 200 pixels. Monochrome it offered in up to 640 Γ 400 pixels. The year after #ST1040 was launched, and for the first time the cost per KB of RAM went below U$D1.
With apps like Calamus, Kandinsky and Photo line and vector font support, the Atari ST gained a foothold in #DTP and #CAD markets. But thanks to built-in #MIDI ports, it was most popular for music sequencing with Cubase.
Alongside the Apple Macintosh, IIGS, Amiga, and Archimedes, #AtariST models pushed limits in PC history. But in 1993 Atari discontinued ST computers.
Its Motorola 68K CPU was running over 8 Mhz with up to 4 MB RAM, and with Digital Research's #GEM the machine rendered graphics with 16 colors in 320 Γ 200 pixels. Monochrome it offered in up to 640 Γ 400 pixels. The year after #ST1040 was launched, and for the first time the cost per KB of RAM went below U$D1.
With apps like Calamus, Kandinsky and Photo line and vector font support, the Atari ST gained a foothold in #DTP and #CAD markets. But thanks to built-in #MIDI ports, it was most popular for music sequencing with Cubase.
Alongside the Apple Macintosh, IIGS, Amiga, and Archimedes, #AtariST models pushed limits in PC history. But in 1993 Atari discontinued ST computers.
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