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A number of machines have been manufactured by Atari, aimed at a variety of markets, since it was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell (Nolan's story thus far). Atari has manufactured arcade machines, gaming consoles, portables, personal computers, and workstations aimed at the business market. Third parties have also manufactured Atari-ompatible machines, which are also included in the listing below.

Personal Computers

For the majority of Atari's life as a hardware manufacturer, personal computers were its focus. This began with the introduction of an 8 bit platform in the late 1970's, included the 'glory days' of the 1980's and the success of its ST computers range, the manufacture of PC compatibles, and ended with the Falcon 030 in 1993.

TOS Family

The TOS family included the most commercially successful of Atari's machines in the ST range, as well as later unsuccessful but innovative machines towards the end of its life as a commercially supported platform.

ST, STM (260, 520, 1040, ST+)
STF, STFM (520, 1040)
STE (520, 1040, 4160)
Mega ST, ST2, ST4
Mega STE
TT
Falcon 030 ( FX-1 Sparrow )

TOS clones

Some third parties manufactured TOS-compatible machines after Atari abandoned the platform.

IBM Compatibles

PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5
ABC 286/30, ABC 386SX II, ABC 386DX II, ABC N386SX
Atari Portfolio (1989, portable equipment)

8 bit

Atari 400 and Atari 800 (29 August 1979)
Atari 1200XL (1982)
Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL (September 1983)
Atari 65 XE, 800XE and Atari 130 XE (April 1985)
Atari XE Game system (November 1987)

Portables

Portfolio
Stacy
ST Book
STYLUS - AKA ST PAD or ST Tablet

Portables Game Console

Touch ME (1978)
Super Breakout (1980)
Space Invaders (1980)
Lynx console

Workstations

ABAQ ATW 800, The Transputer Workstation. Using Transputer CPU and running unix-based HeliOS operating system

Consoles

Ataris first console, the VCS 2600, catapulted Atari into homes across the world and is still arguably the reason Atari become a household name. Atari monopolised the home console market in the late 1970's and early 1980's until the computer game crash of 1984 (for which Atari was largely responsible).

Home Pong (1975)
Super Pong (1977)
VCS 2600 (1977)
2800 (1982, mainly sold in Japan)
5200(1982), 7800 (1986)
Panther (1991) (prototype, never appeared)
Jaguar (1993)
Flashback (2004) and Flashback 2 (2005)

Consoles Prototypes

Atari 2000 "Val" (1981)
Atari 2200 "Bonnie" (1983)
Atari 2500 (1981)
Atari 2700 "RC Stella" (1982)
Atari 3200 "video system X" (1982)
Atari 3600 "Maria" (1983)
Atari Panther (1991)
Atari chase duo (1995)
Atari Jaguar2 (1996)

Arcade machines

The first machine ever manufactured by Atari was an arcade machine, and it was arcade machines that sustained Atari as a company in its infancy. Atari continued to produce arcade machines throughout the 1980's and early 1990's, however they ceased to be core business.

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-A number of '''machines''' have been manufactured by [[Atari]], aimed at a variety of markets, since it was founded in 1972 by [[Nolan Bushnell]]. Atari has manufactured arcade machines, gaming consoles, portables, personal computers, and workstations aimed at the business market.
+A number of '''machines''' have been manufactured by [[Atari]], aimed at a variety of markets, since it was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell [http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/the-gamer.html (Nolan's story thus far)]. Atari has manufactured arcade machines, gaming consoles, portables, personal computers, and workstations aimed at the business market.
 Third parties have also manufactured Atari-ompatible machines, which are also included in the listing below.
 ==Personal Computers==
-For the majority of Atari's life as a hardware manufacturer, personal computers were its focus. This began with the introduction of an 8 bit platform in the late 1970's, included the 'glory days' of the 1980's and the success of its [[ST computers]], the manufacture of PC compatibles, and ended with the [[Falcon 030]] in 1993.
+For the majority of Atari's life as a hardware manufacturer, personal computers were its focus. This began with the introduction of an 8 bit platform in the late 1970's, included the 'glory days' of the 1980's and the success of its ST computers range, the manufacture of PC compatibles, and ended with the Falcon 030 in 1993.
 ===[[TOS Family]]===
 The TOS family included the most commercially successful of Atari's machines in the [[ST]] range, as well as later unsuccessful but innovative machines towards the end of its life as a commercially supported platform.
-* [[ST]] ([[260]], [[520]], [[1040]])
+* [[Atari ST|ST, STM]] (260, 520, 1040, ST+)
-* [[STF]], [[STM]], [[STFM]] ([[520]], [[1040]])
+* [[Atari ST|STF]], [[Atari ST|STFM]] (520, 1040)
-* [[STE]] (520, 1040)
+* [[STE]] (520, 1040, 4160)
-* [[Mega ST]], ST4
+* [[Mega ST]], ST2, ST4
 * [[Mega STE]]
 * [[TT]]
-* [[Falcon 030]]
+* [[Falcon 030]] ( FX-1 Sparrow )
 ====[[TOS clones]]====
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 * [[Milan]]
 * [[Medusa]]
+* [[Firebee]]
-===IBM Compatibles===
+====IBM Compatibles====
-*PC, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, ABC-series, N386SX
+*PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5
+*ABC 286/30, ABC 386SX II, ABC 386DX II, ABC N386SX
+*Atari Portfolio (1989, portable equipment)
 ===8 bit===
-*400, 800, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 130XE, XEGS.
+*Atari 400 and Atari 800 (29 August 1979)
+*Atari 1200XL (1982)
+*Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL (September 1983)
+*Atari 65 XE, 800XE and Atari 130 XE (April 1985)
+*Atari XE Game system (November 1987)
 ==Portables==
 *[[Portfolio]]
 *[[Stacy]]
-*[[ST Tablet]]
 *[[ST Book]]
+* [[STYLUS]] - AKA ST PAD or ST Tablet
+==Portables Game Console==
+*Touch ME (1978)
+*Super Breakout (1980)
+*Space Invaders (1980)
 *[[Lynx]] console
+==Workstations==
+*[[ABAQ ATW 800]], The Transputer Workstation. Using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer Transputer] CPU and running unix-based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeliOS HeliOS] operating system
 ==Consoles==
-Ataris first console, the [[VCS 2600]], catapaulted Atari into homes across the world and is still arguably the reason Atari become a household name. Atari monopolised the home console market in the late 1970's and early 1980's until the computer game crash of 1984 (for which Atari was largely responsible).
+Ataris first console, the [[VCS 2600]], catapulted Atari into homes across the world and is still arguably the reason Atari become a household name. Atari monopolised the home console market in the late 1970's and early 1980's until the computer game crash of 1984 (for which Atari was largely responsible).
+*Home Pong (1975)
+*Super Pong (1977)
 *[[VCS 2600]] (1977)
+*2800 (1982, mainly sold in Japan)
-*[[5200]], [[7800]]
+*[[5200]](1982), [[7800]] (1986)
-*[[Panther]]
+*[[Atari Panther|Panther]] (1991) (prototype, never appeared)
-*[[Jaguar]] (1993)
+*[[Atari Jaguar|Jaguar]] (1993)
 *[[Flashback]] (2004) and Flashback 2 (2005)
+==Consoles Prototypes==
+*Atari 2000 "Val" (1981)
+*Atari 2200 "Bonnie" (1983)
+*Atari 2500 (1981)
+*Atari 2700 "RC Stella" (1982)
+*Atari 3200 "video system X" (1982)
+*Atari 3600 "Maria" (1983)
+*Atari Panther (1991)
+*Atari chase duo (1995)
+*Atari Jaguar2 (1996)
 ==Arcade machines==
-The first machine ever manufactured by Atari was an arcade machine, and it was arcade machines that sustained Atari as a company in its infancy. Atari continued to produce arcade machines throughout the 1980's and early 1990's, however they ceased to be core business.
+The first machine ever manufactured by Atari was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_game arcade machine], and it was arcade machines that sustained Atari as a company in its infancy. Atari continued to produce arcade machines throughout the 1980's and early 1990's, however they ceased to be core business.
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game) Asteroids]
-*[[Asteroids]]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Pong Pong]
-*[[Pong]]
 * ...
+<br />
-==Workstations==
+[[Category:Atari computers]]
-*[[Transputer]], running unix-based [[Helios]] operating system