Nowadays, the Atari brand belongs to Ex-[[Infogrames]].
Used to build arcade systems, 8 and 64 bits consoles (Atari2600...)Atari 2600/5200/7800, 8 bits computers and the famous Atari ST (16 bitLynx, Atari Jaguar) == 8 bit == , [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family Atari 8-bit family on |8-bit computers]], the other WIKI] == 16 bit == The famous [[Atari ST]] were released in 1985(16-86... They were bit) and less famous for being : *Inferior to the [[Amiga]] yet still better Atari Falcon (the war still rages on nowadays32-bit). *A hardware [[MIDI|Midi Port]] : this spawned And Atari also produced a generation line of Musician GeeksIBM-compatible PCs. *used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?). Its use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many 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]] (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]]) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST on the other WIKI]
==Links==
*[https://atariage.com/ AtariAge] Covers Atari gaming consoles
*[https://www.atarimania.com/ Atari Mania] Games database of everything Atari (arcade, consoles and computers)
*[https://youtu.be/-KHvaPkgvvQ All Atari 2600 games] [https://youtu.be/6z3qvj28o5Q All Atari 5200 games] [https://youtu.be/nzJOtgZKHXU All Atari 7800 games] [https://youtu.be/lWgyaDCJyVQ All Atari Lynx games] [https://youtu.be/gS17wwR468Q All Atari Jaguar games] in one video
*[https://youtu.be/YKVa1M35iJs Jack Tramiel vs. IBM - The Atari PC Story] by [[ctrl-alt-rees]]
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*https://atariwiki.org Atari 8bit wiki*[[Mediahttp:Altirra Hardware Reference Manual - 20240921.pdf|Altirra Hardware Reference Manual]] Latest (09/2024!) Atari XL hardware documentation*https://wwwftp.atari-wikipigwa.com Atari ST Wiki*[[Media:Atari ST - Hardware Specification.pdf]]*[https:net//www.atarimuseum.de/archiv/tech/sm_ste.pdf Atari STE Service ManualFTP Archive]*[[Media:WD1772Atari 8-JLG.pdf|Western Digital WD1772 FDC datasheetbit]]*[[Media:MK68901 MFP datasheet.pdf|Motorola MK68901 MFP datasheet]]*[[Media:HD6301V1 datasheet.pdf|HD6301 IKBD datasheet]]*[[6850 ACIA chipAtari ST]]
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