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[[Category:Non CPC Computers]]
[[File:1280px-Atari 520 ST + with monochrome monitor SM 124.jpg|thumb|right|Atari 520ST+]]
[[File:1280px-Atari 1040STf.jpg|thumb|right|Atari 1040STf]]
[[File:Atari-mega-st2.jpg|thumb|right|Atari Mega ST2]]
[[File:Atari Mega STE.jpg|thumb|right|Atari Mega STE]]
[[File:Atari Falcon030.jpeg|thumb|right|Atari Falcon]]
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by [[Atari|the Atari Corporation]] in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the [[Motorola 68000]]'s 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals.
Part of the next generation of home computers, the ST battled against the [[Amiga]] for supremacy only for both to lose out to the PC. Never a direct rival with the [[CPC]], the ST was seen as more of the next logical step to take in your home computing habit and no doubt many former CPC users made the jump to Atari's machine.
For its time, it was an interesting 68000-based computer. More affordable than the Amiga and Macintosh. 2 An article from ST Format issue 49 from 1993 writes that there are over 3 million Atari ST computers in Europe.1 Also in issue 48 is mentioned that of those over 3 million units sold (USA only?) according to wikipedia, other sources claim up to 8 million units sold worldwide 950 000 of them are in the UK. [https://www.atari-forum.8bitchip.infocom/abmyapviewtopic.html php?p=463002#p463002 Source].
== Atari ST ==
While the Atari ST was less powerful than an Amiga 500, the Atari Falcon was more powerful than an Amiga 1200.
The Atari Falcon is a commercial failure. According to interview (October 1993.) with Atari's director Bob Gleadow, published by ST-Computer magazine, about 13000-14000 sold (40 percent in Germany alone), 4164 in stock. [https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=311321#p311321 Source]
A Falcon040 model was in the works, with a 68040 CPU and a case similar to the PlayStation 2. But Atari cancelled the project.
=== 16-bit ===
*[https://youtu.be/jyBLZmZhXRY Atari ST Commercials] [https://youtu.be/h2O6eWY8Lm4 Les journées du logiciel Atari ST - Mars 1986]
*[https://youtu.be/A2pX6bU7-pU The Atari ST Story] by [[Nostalgia Nerd]]
*[https://youtu.be/iBVbekwrEhg Atari ST : histoire, restauration et découverte] [https://youtu.be/-iUTosjjZSg Restauration complète d'un STE] [https://youtu.be/iKbiJTQTKR4 Comparaison STF/STE/Amiga] by [[Rodrik Studio]]
