Atari 520ST | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture (for the whole ST family): 1985-1993
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Motorola 68000 16-/32-bit CPU @ 8 MHz. 16-bit data/32-bit internal/24-bit address.
- RAM: 512 KB or 1 MB
- FDD: 3.5″ floppy disk drive single-sided, 360 KB capacity.
- HDD: –
- Audio: Yamaha YM2149 3-voice squarewave plus 1-voice white noise mono Programmable Sound Generator
- Connectors/Ports: TV out, MIDI in/out, serial, parallel printer, monitor, extra disk drive , DMA for hard disks and Atari Laser Printer, MSX standard joystick and mouse.
- Case: Keyboard type
- Monitor: Monochrome or Color
- OS: TOS v1.00 with the Graphics Environment Manager (GEM)
The Atari 520ST features a Motorola 6800 processor at 8 MHz and memory of 512kB up to 1MB. Equipped with a floppy disk of 3.5” at 360kB it run with the operating system of the TOS 1.0 version.
The Atari ST line of computers succeeded the Atari 8-bit family. The very first model of the series, the Atari 520ST entered the market in 1985. Alongside with other competitors, such as Amiga, Macintosh, Acorn Archimedes the ST family featured 16- and 32-bit processors (thus named ST for Sixteen/Thirty-two).
After the discontinuation of this family of personal computers, the Atari TT and Falcon families followed.
That was just a snapshot on the presentation of the techmuseum series. Indulge more into the history. Continue reading more about the present model, the Atari 520ST here.
PC.GR
The history of personal computers
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