Atari ST Atari ST The Atari Coldfire Project is an effort to develop an Atari ST clone based around the more advanced Coldfire processor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari Coldfire Project"
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The Atari Falcon was Atari's final computer product, more specifically named the Atari Falcon030 Computer System. The machine was based on a Motorola 68030 main CPU, and had a Motorola 56000 digital signal processor (the latter distinguishing it from most other microcomputers of the era). ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari Falcon"
The Atari Mega STE was Atari's last ST series machine. Taking something from all the 680x0-based machines they'd produced, they had the idea of a more business-like version of their main machine, from the ST vs the Mega ST, and the new features of the STE, the actual case designed from the TT (plus some other features) and wrapped that up with some other upgrades. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari MEGA STE"
The Atari ST is a home/ personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. It was released by Atari in 1985. The "ST" allegedly stood for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari ST"
Atari ST User was a British computer magazine aimed at users of the Atari ST range. It started life as a pull-out section in Atari User magazine. From April 1987 onwards it became a magazine in its own right, outliving its parent by a number of years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari ST User"
The Operating System (TOS) was the operating system of the Atari ST range of computers. This range included the 520ST, 1040ST and the F, FM and E variations (e.g.1040STE). Later, 32-bit machines ( TT, Falcon030) were developed using a new version of TOS, called MultiTOS, which was based on MiNT. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari TOS"
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The Atari TT030 was the fastest system that Atari ever built. Essentially based around the existing Atari ST specifications, Atari made a number of improvements that resulted in the creation of this powerhouse system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari TT030"
The “Disk Busters Association” or “The DBA” for short, was a disk magazine and demo crew from the Netherlands. Although demos were never their strong suit they are mostly remembered for the "DBA disk magazine" (1991 - 1996). This disk magazine was coder orientated and enjoyed much popularity in the Atari scene. Many of the contributions to the magazine came from this scene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Disk Busters Association (DBA) Diskmagazine"
Dual Format is a technique used to allow two completely different systems software to reside on the very same disk. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dual format"
The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice sound chip designed by General Instrument. It was also produced under license by Yamaha as the YM2149. The 8910 and its variants were popular chips in many arcade games, and was used on, among others, the Intellivision and Vectrex video game consoles and the MSX, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Oric 1 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ 128 home computers as well as the Mockingboard sound card for the Apple II family. ...more on Wikipedia about "General Instrument AY-3-8910"
(Graphical Environment Manager) GEM (Graphical Environment Manager) was a windowing system created by Digital Research, Inc. (DRI) for use with the CP/M operating system on the Intel 8088 and Motorola 68000 microprocessors. Later versions ran over DOS as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Graphical Environment Manager"
MetaComCo was a company started in 1984 and based in Bristol, England. It was set up by Dr. Tim King to market TripOS which he had previously worked on whilst a researcher at the University of Cambridge. ...more on Wikipedia about "MetaComCo"
MultiTOS was an improved version of TOS for the Atari personal computers. It supported pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection. It also supported the later versions of GEM. MultiTOS was supplied with the Falcon 030 range of computers from Atari. ...more on Wikipedia about "MultiTOS"
The Spectre GCR was a hardware add-on to the Atari ST computers that plugged into the cartridge port. Designed by David Small and sold thru his company Gadgets by Small, it basically turned the Atari ST into a Apple Macintosh Computer (basically a Macintosh Plus). It the final and best Macintosh 'emulator', that replaced previous products like the 'Magic Sac', and earlier versions, such as the Spectre 128. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spectre GCR"
ST Action was a video game magazine in the UK covering gaming with the Atari ST during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Published by Europress Interactive and launched in April 1988, it assimilated The One with issue 49 in May 1991. ...more on Wikipedia about "ST Action"
ST Format was a computer magazine in the UK covering the Atari ST during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Like other members of the Future Publishing Format stable - PC Format and Amiga Format, for instance, it combined software and hardware reviews with columnists, letters pages and a cover disk. ...more on Wikipedia about "ST Format"
ST Review was a computer magazine in the UK covering the Atari ST during the early to mid 1990s. Published by EMAP and launched in May 1992 and placed at the "serious end" of the market, it catered to ST users who wished to use their ST for a variety of productive uses, such as its MIDI capabilities, programming or word processing, as opposed to casual gaming. ...more on Wikipedia about "ST Review"
STart Magazine was a spin-off computer magazine started by ANTIC magazine. Unlike ANTIC, STart focused on Atari's new ST computer line. The magazine lasted 42 issues, from 1986 to 1991, actually outliving its parent. It started off quarterly, later going to monthly publication. Each issue included a 3.5-inch cover disk. ...more on Wikipedia about "STart Magazine"
X-Troll was a demo group of the Atari ST Demo Scene. It was founded in 1989 and went inactive in 1994. Beside some demos two members of the X-Trolls coded the technically most impressive shoot'em up game on the Atari ST: " Lethal Xcess", the follow up to the famous "Wings of Death". X-Troll went into hibernation mode around 1993 and was resurrected by Cyclone somewhen after the millennium. All members are still active in some way. Nexus 6 is still releasing chiptunes from time to time, while Sunnyboy mostly is looking for old disks to prepare them for release. Cyclone however has taken over Alive Diskmagazine from ST Survivor to support the Atari scene. ...more on Wikipedia about "X-Troll"
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