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/* Atari ST */
Trouble is YM is bottom of the barrel 'freebie' in the case and because MIDI is for professionals you are talking more than the cost of an Atari ST for a decent MIDI sound module so you are kind of stuck. The introductory price of the Roland MT-32 in 1987 was US$695 (equivalent to $1,920 in 2024).
However, the Atari ST has software programmable timer interrupts that can be used to make the YM play samples. Coupled with the large memory of the Atari ST, it explains why the Atari ST often sounds better than the Amstrad CPC.
The Atari ST is a paradox as it is inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still considered better by many (the war still rages on nowadays):
