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.
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'
Atari
Games and Reviews
Warning this
is a VERY long page that ST owners may find takes a while to format! The
pages within this section also contain lots of GIF and JPEG images, so
if your computer is running at less than 32mhz you may wish to turn the
images off in the CAB menu.
Greatest
Overall Atari Games?
Game Charts
and Guides
Under Construction
