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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Atari PC	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1987	Intel 8086	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos links related oc_id source PC /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_system_s1.jpg /companies/atari Atari label value NAME PC label value MANUFACTURER Atari label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1987 label value END OF PRODUCTION Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Unknown label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard label value CPU Intel 8086 label value SPEED 8 mHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Optional 8087 Math coprocessor label value RAM 512 KB label value VRAM Unknown label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 40 x 25 / 80 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES All CGA, EGA and Hercules resolutions label value COLORS 16 among 64 in EGA mode, monochrom in Hercules mode label value SOUND Beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS Centronics, RS232c, Mouse, Monitor label value BUILT IN MEDIA one 5.25'' disk-drive label value OS MS DOS, GEM label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PRICE Unknown photos links 92 title subtitle text image PC1 - LARGE VIEW /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image PC1 - ANOTHER VIEW Thanks to **Rob den Hartigh** /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_system_s3.jpg title subtitle text image PC1 - FRONT & REAR SIDES Rear connectors, from left to right:\ • Mouse\ • Parallel port\ • Serial port\ • Video output\ • Video select switches\ • External FDD unit\ • Keyboard /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_frontrear_s1.jpg title subtitle text image PC1 - INSIDE There is no way to add an expansion card or another mass storage device into the case although one finds some unused expansion conectors on the main board (more info needed). /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_inside_s1.jpg title subtitle text image PC1 - ORIGINAL DISKETTES The PC-1 shipped with both MS-DOS and GEM OSs. /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_diskettes_s1.jpg title subtitle text image PC1 - MAIN BOARD /media/museum/photos/atari_pc1_mainboard_s1.jpg title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com /museum/sharp-pc-3101 /museum/sharp-pc-3201 77 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230531223206/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=77 2023-05-31

Just after the Atari ST series, Atari decided to launch a series of PC compatible systems. The PC-1 was the first model. It used the shell of the Atari Mega ST4 and its mouse. It held 512 KB of RAM, an optional 20 or 23 MB HDD, but didn't have ISA extension slot, to use a PC card, an expansion box was necessary.
However, the PC-1 had Parallel, serial and mouse ports built-in as well as an universal video interface allowing either colour CGA and EGA or Hercules monochrome monitors to be connected to the same video port.

The range of Atari PC compatible systems was also comprised of:
• The PC3, a 8088 8Mhz based system with 640 KB ram, CGA graphics and 20MB hard drive,
• The PC4, a 80286 16Mhz based system with a 60MB hard drive in which - optionally- a 3.5 1.44 Mb drive could be fitted (the front needed to be cut out and the metal casing sawed by the user). It also featured VGA graphics,
• The ABC, a 80386sx 16Mhz model with a 40MB hard disk and vga graphics. This one came with a 3.5 floppy built in,
• The PC5, a 20MHz 80386 PC featuring 60 MB hard disk and SVGA graphics with same 3.5 floppy disk option as with the PC4,
• the N386 laptop.

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Matt Lloyd adds:
I bought one of these when I attended college in 1988. The Ram was expandable to 640K. However the selling point was it had an ST compatible floppy/HD connector which meant that you could add ST floppy and hard drive which were alledgedly cheaper than the PC equivalent. It also came with the GEM operating sytem in an attempt to provide an ST like interface for the PC.

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