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Atari ST FAQ

(To whom it may concern: I tried but failed to find a definitive Atari ST FAQ. So I appended together everything I could find that seemed relevant. I welcome any additions, comments or suggestions. Thank you)

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Welcome to comp.sys.atari.st! Please read this FAQ before posting a question to comp.sys.atari.st, since a lot of common questions are answered here.

Thanks to David Paschall-Zimbel (davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu) for compiling most of this FAQ.

Entries are dated by the last change. ??.??.?? means they were last changed before the dates were added.

The following is an index of the questions answered in this part of the FAQ. For easy access to a particular question, search for the tag surrounded by colons (i. e. :GNU:). Questions marked with '*' are new or changed.

Welcome to comp.sys.atari.st (93.06.11)

This newsgroup is devoted to discussion about 16 and 32 bit Atari micros. At present that includes the Atari 520ST, 1040ST, Mega ST, STe, STacy, Mega STe, TT, and Falcon. There are also emulators for the Apple Macintosh and IBM PC/XT/AT available.

Most of the people who read this newsgroup are technically oriented. The newsgroup serves as a resource for Atari users ... feel free to contribute to the discussions.

Associated newsgroups include:

comp.binaries.atari.st	! uuencoded binary programs
comp.sys.atari.st.tech  ! technical programming/hardware topics
comp.sources.atari.st   ! uuencoded/shar sources

All the models in the ST line (93.01.30)

This is a pretty complete list of all the ST/TT models and their main features. If you have any additions/correction, of course, send them to me.

Name	CPU	RAM	TOS	B.I.	Extra	Comment
130 ST	8	/1	1	M		Never marketed
260 ST	8	/5	1	M
520 ST	8	/5	1	M
520 ST+	8	1	1	M
520 STm	8	/5	1.2	M
520 STfm	8	/5	1.2	FM
1040 ST	8	1	1	FM
1040 STf	8	1	1.2	F
1040 STm	8	1	1.2	M
1040 STfm	8	1	1.2	FM
Mega 1	8	1	1.2	F	MB
Mega 2	8	2	1.2	F	MB
Mega 4	8	4	1.2	F	MB
STacy	8	1	???	F		Laptop
STBook	8	1	???	F		Notebook
520 STe	8	/5S	1.62	FM	AV
1024 STe	8	1S	1.62	FM	AV
Mega STe	16	1S	2.06	F	AV,MB,6U
TT	16/030					Just for developer
TT	32/030	S	3.06	F	AV,MB,6U	Various mem/HD configs
Falcon	16/030	1,4,14	4.04	F	AV,FC	Many enhancements!

key:

CPU':	8	8 MHz 68000		RAM:	/1	128KB		Built-in:	F	Floppy
	16	16 MHz 68000			/5	512KB			M	TV Modulator
	16/030	16 MHz 68030			1	1MB
	32/030	32 MHz 68030			2	2MB
					4	4MB
					S	SIMM slot

Extra:	AV	8 bit digital stereo audio, 4096 colors, hardware scrolling, analog joystick ports
	MB	MegaBus processor-direct bus slots
	6U	6U VME bus slots, second serial port
	FC	Motorola 56000 DSP, 16 bit stereo audio, much enhanced video

TOS: Highest built-in TOS

What are the specs on the Falcon?

Here's some stuff I culled from the (reposted) Delphi conference with Sam Tramiel.

Here's the specs on the Atari Falcon 030:
CPU:
Motorola 68030 running at 16 Mhz
32-bit Bus
Optional 68881 or 68882 FPU
RAM: 1,4, or 14 megs
Standard Atari Cartridge Port
Motorola 56001 DSP chip

Expansion Bus:
Internal direct processor slot for 386SX PC emulation, or other coprocessor

Graphics:
Super VGA graphics: 640x480 with 256 colors
True color 16 bit mode allowing a display of up to 65,536 colors
Accepts external video sync signal to allow high quality genlocking
Overlay mode for easy video titling and special effects
Overscan on TV's and ST Color monitors
262,144 possible colors
hardware-assisted horizontal fine scrolling
BLiTTER graphics co-processor

Sound features:
Eight 16 bit audio DMA record and playback channels
Stereo 16 bit digital DMA input
Stereo 16 bit DMA audio output
SDMA sound/DMA Coprocessor

Standard Ports
SCSI II port with DMA
High speed LocalTalk compatible LAN
Connector for analog RGB color (ST or VGA) or composite video
RS232C serial port
Bidirectional parallel port
MIDI IN/MIDI OUT
Stereo microphone input, miniature stereo plug
Stereo audio out, miniature stereo plug
Two joystick connectors
Two enhanced digital/analog controller/light pen connectors

Data Storage
1.44 Mbyte floppy disk drive
Optional internal IDE Hard Disk

System software
Pre-emptive Multitasking with adaptive prioritzation (MultiTOS)
Inter process communication
NewDesk desktop and eXtensible control panel
Multiple window user interface; number of windows limited
only by memory or software in use.

Hardware Accelerators

(Thanks to Shoou-yu Tang sytang@lamar.colostate.edu for this info.)

68000 based: ICD adspeed ST/STe

             Fast Tech Turbo T-16 (16MHz)
                             T-20 (20MHz)
                             T-25 (25MHz)
68030 based: Gadget by Small SST (16MHz to 40MHz user changeable, 8 SIMM slot
                     68882 FPU socket, 1 expansion slot, TOS 2.0x).
             Fast Tech : Tiny Turbo
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