delinking ISO style dates , Replaced: 1985-07-10 → 1985-07-10, using AWB
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| | title = Atari Is Shipping 520 ST Computer | | title = Atari Is Shipping 520 ST Computer | ||
| | newspaper = The New York Times | | newspaper = The New York Times | ||
| - | | date = [[1985-07-10]] | + | | date = 1985-07-10 |
| | year = 1985 | | year = 1985 | ||
| | url = [query.nytimes.com] }}</ref> the Atari ST was the first computer to come with a fully bit-mapped color GUI<ref name="guitimeline">{{Citation | | url = [query.nytimes.com] }}</ref> the Atari ST was the first computer to come with a fully bit-mapped color GUI<ref name="guitimeline">{{Citation | ||
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| *[[Mike Oldfield]]'s album ''[[Earth Moving]]'' album notes state that it was recorded using an Atari ST and C-Lab MIDI software. | *[[Mike Oldfield]]'s album ''[[Earth Moving]]'' album notes state that it was recorded using an Atari ST and C-Lab MIDI software. | ||
| *In the Paris performance of [[Jean Michel Jarre]]'s album ''Waiting for Cousteau'', musicians have attached Atari ST machines with unidentified MIDI software to their keyboards, as could be seen in the TV live show and video recordings. | *In the Paris performance of [[Jean Michel Jarre]]'s album ''Waiting for Cousteau'', musicians have attached Atari ST machines with unidentified MIDI software to their keyboards, as could be seen in the TV live show and video recordings. | ||
| - | *[[White Town]]'s "[[Your Woman]]", which reached #1 in the UK singles charts, was created using an Atari ST.{{Fact|date=January 2009}}<!-- WHITE TOWN WAS FROM THE EP "Abort, Retry, Fail?", A COMMON DOS (I.E. PC) ERROR MESSAGE AND ''NOT'' ONE YOU SEE ON AN ATARI. DOESN'T THIS THEN QUESTION WHETHER JYOTI WROTE IT ON ONE? --> | + | *[[White Town]]'s "[[Your Woman]]", which reached #1 in the UK singles charts, was created using an Atari ST.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}<!-- WHITE TOWN WAS FROM THE EP "Abort, Retry, Fail?", A COMMON DOS (I.E. PC) ERROR MESSAGE AND ''NOT'' ONE YOU SEE ON AN ATARI. DOESN'T THIS THEN QUESTION WHETHER JYOTI WROTE IT ON ONE? --> |
| *All the drums MIDI files for [[The Berzerker]]'s self-titled debut album were written on an Atari. | *All the drums MIDI files for [[The Berzerker]]'s self-titled debut album were written on an Atari. | ||
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| *DMA [[sound chip]] with 2-channels stereo 8-bit [[PCM]] sound at 6.25/12.5/25/50 kHz and stereo RCA audio-out jacks (using enhancements to the Shifter video chip to support audio shifting) | *DMA [[sound chip]] with 2-channels stereo 8-bit [[PCM]] sound at 6.25/12.5/25/50 kHz and stereo RCA audio-out jacks (using enhancements to the Shifter video chip to support audio shifting) | ||
| *[[National LMC 1992]] audio controller chip, allowing adjustable left/right/master volume and bass and treble EQ via a "Microwire" (3-bit serial) interface | *[[National LMC 1992]] audio controller chip, allowing adjustable left/right/master volume and bass and treble EQ via a "Microwire" (3-bit serial) interface | ||
| - | *Memory: 30-pin [[SIMM]] memory slots ([[SIPP]] packages in earliest versions) allowing upgrades up to 4 MB Allowable memory sizes including only 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 MB due to configuration restraints (however, 2.5 and 3.0 MB are unsupported and have compatibility problems). Later 3rd-party upgrade kits allow a maximum of 14MB{{Fact|date=March 2008}}, bypassing the stock [[Memory management unit|MMU]] | + | *Memory: 30-pin [[SIMM]] memory slots ([[SIPP]] packages in earliest versions) allowing upgrades up to 4 MB Allowable memory sizes including only 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 MB due to configuration restraints (however, 2.5 and 3.0 MB are unsupported and have compatibility problems). Later 3rd-party upgrade kits allow a maximum of 14MB{{citation needed|date=March 2008}}, bypassing the stock [[Memory management unit|MMU]] |
| *Ability to synchronise the video-timings with an external device so that a video [[Genlock]] device can be used without having to make any modifications to computer's hardware | *Ability to synchronise the video-timings with an external device so that a video [[Genlock]] device can be used without having to make any modifications to computer's hardware | ||
| *Analogue joypad ports (2), with support for devices such as paddles and light pens in addition to joysticks/joypads. The [[Atari Jaguar]] joypads and Power Pad joypads (grey version of Jaguar joypads marketed for the ST<sup>E</sup> and [[Atari Falcon|Falcon]]) can be used without an adaptor. Two standard Atari-style digital joysticks could be plugged into each analogue port with an adaptor. | *Analogue joypad ports (2), with support for devices such as paddles and light pens in addition to joysticks/joypads. The [[Atari Jaguar]] joypads and Power Pad joypads (grey version of Jaguar joypads marketed for the ST<sup>E</sup> and [[Atari Falcon|Falcon]]) can be used without an adaptor. Two standard Atari-style digital joysticks could be plugged into each analogue port with an adaptor. | ||
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| * [[COMPUTE!]] | * [[COMPUTE!]] | ||
| * [[Page 6 (computer magazine)]] | * [[Page 6 (computer magazine)]] | ||
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| - | ==References== | ||
| - | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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| *[[Spectre GCR]] (Apple Macintosh emulator) | *[[Spectre GCR]] (Apple Macintosh emulator) | ||
| *[[Atari ST demos]]—The [[demoscene]] on the Atari ST. | *[[Atari ST demos]]—The [[demoscene]] on the Atari ST. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
| == External links == | == External links == | ||
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| {{Atari hardware}} | {{Atari hardware}} | ||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Atari St}} | ||
| [[Category:Home computers]] | [[Category:Home computers]] | ||
| [[Category:Personal computers]] | [[Category:Personal computers]] |