Several different versions of the ST were available. The two main ones were the highly popular STFM and it's supposed successor (which ended up having production ceased first), the STE. There were several earlier models of note: the plain ST, which had no built in disk drive or modulator; the STM which had a modulator but no built in disk drive; and the STF which had a built in disk drive but no modulator. These three were all combined into the STFM. Also notable are the Mega ST series. Featuring complete compatiblity with the ST, the Mega series came with more memory and seperate keyboard and CPU units (as well as several other enhancements). Mega versions were available for both the STFM and the STE.
There are also loads of minor differences in these models themselves, such as different versions of the operating system TOS.

Contents
Atari Games and Reviews A large section that one day hopes to review every game on the Atari ST. Far from complition though...
Greatest Overall Atari Games? The remains of our game ranking tables, that died a death in around 2005
Tutorials  
So you've bought an ST then... The first in a series of guides for new users (i.e. people who've picked an ST or clone secondhand)
Beginners guide to the GEM Desktop The second of Zogging Hell's guides to using an Atari ST. This time covering the built in operating system interface GEM (or the horrible green puke screen as it is alternatively known).
Floppy Disks and Disk Drives A look into the curious world of the ST floppy drive. Part 3 of the ST Guide.

Hard Disks On The ST

Slightly delayed sorry!
Adding A Monitor A look at the various monitor solutions on the Atari ST.
Glossary A plethora of useful information. Hopefully explaining what all those things mean that you can never understand. It's unfinished but can only get better. Long time Zogging Hell readers may notice that this is the glossary from the old ST Compatible section repackaged, er well you caught me red handed there, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Operating Systems A guide and brief history/timeline to the different operating systems on the Atari ST.
The Auto Folder A short guide to the ST's auto folder and what it can do for you.
 
Other Goodies
The TT Homepage TT Info Pages. This page has been superseded by far better TT owners pages out there, but we'll continue to update it now and then.
ST Magazine Coverdisks Long-time Zogging Hell staltwart, the coverdisk sections were initially created to preserve the coverdisks of as many Atari magazines as possible. It has fallen slightly into disrepair and there are some sections that need sorting out. Hopefully 2012 will show some progress on this front.
Download Bay Various downloads from games to applications. This section is actually near the end of its life as we have an all new software preservation section planned, and this might go to stop overlap.
PD Library Pages PD disk section, which will attempt to preserve the well known (bar Floppyshop, who's CDs can be found around the interweb) and lesser known PD catalogues from the ST's golden era. We would seriously appreciate copies in un-imaged (i.e. not MSA or ST please) zipped format of any PD disks you may have.


STANDARD SPECS

68000 Central Processor running at 8mhz
Graphics Chip capable of three resolutions, Low Resolution 320 pixels by 200 in 16 colours, Medium (Rarely used for games) 640 pixels by 200 in 4 colours and High, 640 pixels by 400 in 2 colours
Pallette of either 512 or 4096 colours depending on type of ST
Up to four Megabytes of RAM.
Up to two disk drives.
Yahama Sound Generator capable of producing 3 voices in mono (On the STFM). The STe had much improved sound (i.e. DMA stereo sound)
Hard Drive and CD-Rom support
Cartridge Port, 128k of accessible ROM
Two controller ports, including one mouse port/joystick port. The STE also had two extra 'enhanced joypad ports'


 




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