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520 / 1040 STe |
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Atari |
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Home Computer |
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U.S.A. |
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| KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke keyboard with editing and numeric keypads |
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| CPU |
Motorola MC 68000 |
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| RAM |
4 x SIMM sockets - From 512 KB up to 4 Mb |
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| ROM |
192 KB (256 KB in later versions) |
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| TEXT MODES |
40 or 80 chars. x 25 lines (bitmapped graphics) |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
320 x 200 (16 colors) / 640 x 200 (4 colors) / 640 x 400 (monochrome) |
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| SOUND |
3 voices + 1 noise channel, 8 octaves + two 8 bit PCM channels |
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| I/O PORTS |
Cardridge, Midi (in, out), Centronics, RS232c, Hard Disk, Floppy disk, RGB, Joystick, mouse, 2 x analogue controllers, Stereo RCA jacks |
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| BUILT IN MEDIA |
3.5'' disk-drive |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in PSU |
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520 STE : 396 (France, dec.1989) |
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| THE STE PROTOTYPE (?) |
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Someone from Atari France gave us this photo and told us it was the case of the Atari STe prototype.
This case was designed by Ira Velinsky, Director of Industrial Design at Atari, who made the cases of the Commodore 500 / 600 / 700 series and the Commodore Ultimax.
The "Macintosh-like" unit on the right is the PS3000, a prototype combination of a SC1224 Monitor and a SF354 disk drive.\
One of this case (one the right) looked like the Macintosh !
**Malcolm Ramage** adds:\
The prototype was of the eST, an MC68020 prototype, which may have been an early version of the TT030.\
Not much information exists about this machine, only a few pictures have been leaked and it's not known if any functioning hardware still exists.
Although this information was disclosed by several magazines, it was told us by "someone" that this case was only an exercise in style for a future Atari machine. No card was developed to fit this case. |
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| SF-354 |
Single density disk-drive |
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| SF-314 |
Disk-drive |
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| CUMANA DRIVE |
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| SUPRADRIVE |
20 Mb hard-disk |
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| 170MB QUANTUM HARD-DRIVE |
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This unit has an ICD Host Adapter. |
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| ATARI MEGAFILE 30 |
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This hard-drive has a 30Mb capacity. |
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| INSIDE THE MEGAFILE 30 |
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**(1)** Seagate MFM 30 MB hard-disk Type ST-238\
**(2)** Power supply\
**(3)** Logical board\
**(4)** Power and disk access LED's |
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| ATARI UNIVERSAL MODEM |
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The SX212 modem was one of the rare Atari peripherals that could be used with all the Atari computers range, from the 400/800 series up to the Falcon. It had both the Atari I/O ports for the 8-bit systems and a standard RS-232 connector for ST's
It was a 300/1200 baud modem compatible with the well-known Hayes 'AT' commands.\
Cable and software was sold separately, depending of the computer used. |
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| SML-804 |
Laser printer |
The SLM-804 was actually a Kyocera F1000 printer but without neither on-board processor and memory nor buttons other than the on/off switch. It was first delivered with the Mega ST but could be connected on all of the ST series computers through a dedicated interface box.\
The printer used the processing power and the RAM memory of the ST computer for printing at 8 pages per minute and 300 DPI. The paper tray held 250 sheets.
Thanks to **Francois Michaud** who donated us this printer. |
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| SMLC-804 |
Laser printer interface |
This interface allowed the SML-804 printer to be connected to any Atari ST holding at least 1 MB RAM. |
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| Emulators Online |
http://www.emulators.com/ |
Windows |
Demo of Gemulator, a commercial product from BraSoft. |
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| Toad Computers' Atari Central |
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Demo of Magic, a commercial emulator for PC/Windows and Macintosh. |
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| Toad Computers' Atari Central |
http://www.ataricentral.com/ |
Apple |
Demo of Magic, a commercial emulator for PC/Windows and Macintosh. |
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| Hatari |
http://hatari.sourceforge.net/ |
Multiplatform |
Hatari is an Atari ST emulator for Linux, BSD, BeOS, Mac OS X and other systems that are supported by the SDL library. More precisely, Hatari is an adaption of the WinSTon source code to the SDL library. |
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| Atari Music Network |
http://www.atarimusic.net/ |
Atari Music Network welcomes and celebrates all vintage digital musicians no matter what their computer |
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| ATARI.ORG |
http://www.atari.org/ |
Looking for something on any Atari machine ? Follow the links ! |
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| PLOPBOX - Atari music archive and jukebox |
http://www.plopbox.net/ |
listen to atari tunes directly from your browser |
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| The Atari Historical Society |
http://www.atarimuseum.com/ |
The complete history of Atari Arcade and Home games and computers. Complete site with pictures, commercials (streaming), and full text articles. Amazing site ! |
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| Andy Murray |
Thursday 27th January 2011 |
Atari 1040 ST was the bomb. Mine quit working in the early nineties because we experienced an Argentine ant infestation in our yard and they came in and built a colony in the disk drive. I still have all my software. I would love to buy a new one. Best games ever! Lots of EA stuff and a stunning VGA monitor which was hot stuff for 1987. |
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| Jeff |
Tuesday 3rd April 2018 |
I am the proud owner of a 1040 STE and I have just scratched the surface of what this system can do. Granted there is no comparison to today''s computers, but for its generation of systems, I feel it is the best of my 16-bit collection. Even better than the Amiga 1200...and I own one of those too. |
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| Ton |
Friday 12th August 2016 |
I own 2 1040 STEs, and 2 Mega ST with all the hard-drives, etc. The ''tightest'' computer for MIDI sequencing up to this day. I run Cubase MIDI, and Hybrid-Arts SMPTE-TRACK ST software, not to mention Dr.Ts, Sweet 16, etc. . One of the MEGAs also runs the ADAP-2 editing system and sampling system to this day. A bit ''slow'' but steady. None of my PCs or Macs can do as much for MIDI as the Ataris. I am keeping them all. Cheers. |
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| Harald |
Friday 7th March 2014 |
I notice in the user addedum below the article it says that monocrome was only available in ST High on the TV output. You couldn''t display ST High on a TV, for that you needed a monochrome VGA monitor like the SM124 or a compatible monitor. |
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| Charles Rose, AKA, Dubwise007 (England, Northamptonshire) |
Monday 30th January 2012 |
I still have and use my AtariSte1040 for building my tunes $dub$ not dubstep. My Atari is now 22years old and i still use it, but with the way of the world wide web now, i can not get my music to any format that people can listen too online, and so i am and have been looking for a emulator so i can use and up to date version of Que base to mix my music to a standard that others can hear online, my e mail addres is tuffgongace@yahoo.co.uk if you have possiible links that may be of use to me,, only ones that have been tried and tested please. |
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| Dark Willow (UK) |
Saturday 10th December 2011 |
Just a correction to the article. The TOS version in the STe was "STe TOS", v1.60 and v1.62. Rainbow TOS was v1.04 and was for Mega ST and STfm systems.
Also mention should be made of how the STe differs from it''s predecessor systems. Although they look similar to the end user, the STe is considerably upgraded.
Expandability was improved by memory being installed in standard 30 pin SIMMS. 4 slots were provided, allowing the user to install up to 4mb RAM without needing to modify the motherboard or install any kits/hacks (which had been the nightmare of anyone who had a 520STfm - like yours truly did).
Sound was also much improved, stereo 8-bit DMA sound rather than the Yamaha YM2149 "chip tunes" sound used before (which was kept alongside the improved sound for backwards compatibility) though only a few dedicated audio applications and "STe Enhanced" games took advantage of it, as most developers didn''t want to lock out the large market of stock ST / Mega ST users. |
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| Happysad (England) |
Thursday 22nd March 2007 |
The ST is an amazing machine. I still have several in use running Cubase. I find the ST to be much more reliable than a PC or MAC when it come to this software. I have a 4mb STE with TOS1.62, a MEGA ST4, a 1mb ST (a bit of an oddity as it has both floppy and TV modulator!).
Long live the ATARI ST (and Sensible Soccer !) |
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| Philip Trott (Kent) |
Thursday 14th April 2005 |
My Atari STe still works the only game that I found that will not work on it is Captain Blood everything else works fine I upgraded my STe to 1024 KB which helped with cutting down loading times and allowed for less drive access |
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| Darren (u) |
Friday 8th April 2005 |
Floppy drive is replaceable by any disk drive off the shelf, BUT you have to cut out a new hole in the case, no video output? from both the monitor out AND TV out? either one or the other should work, is the TV tuned to the correct channel? what kind of monitor are you using? |
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| Dino (France) |
Wednesday 16th March 2005 |
3 version of STE exist,\
- no Upgradale Memory\
- A bugged TOS 1.6\
- Correct TOS 1.62 |
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| D WOOD (ENGLAND) |
Thursday 16th December 2004 |
I HAVE RECENTLY AQUIRED A 520 STE[UPGRADEABLE] ONLY TROUBLE IS NO VIDEO OUTPUT COMING THROUGH TO MONITOR OR TV BUT THERE IS SOUND,ANY HELP OR ADVICE APPRECIATED THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION!!! |
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| A Hodson (England) |
Friday 6th February 2004 |
How can I fix the floppy drive? |
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| fredrik kjelman (norway) |
Tuesday 2nd September 2003 |
question: is it possible to change the resolution on the atari ste, and if possible, how? |
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