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NowadayNowadays, the Atari Brand brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].  
Used to build 8 bits consoles (Atari2600...), 8 bits computers and the famous Atari ST (16 bit)
== 8 bit ==
  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family Atari 8-bit family on the other WIKI]
== 16 bit ==
The [[Atari ST ]] were released in 1985-86...
They were famous for being :
*Inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still better (the war still rages onnowadays).
*A Hardware hardware [[MIDI|Midi Port]] : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks.
*used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?).
 It's Its use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many advantges advantages :
*Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16.
*Possibility of a good [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]] : easier, really.
*Same Sound Chip : almost.
*Quite powerfull to calculate sweet [[Data compression Compression]] (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]]) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI] ==Links== *{{EnWiki}} [[Category:Non CPC Computers]]
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