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Atari ST

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The Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit computers. Its initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April through June 1985 and was widely available by July; it was the first personal computer with a bitmapped color graphical user interface, using a version of Digital Research's GEM environment. The Atari 1040ST, released in 1986 with 1 MB of memory, was the first home computer with a cost per kilobyte of RAM under one dollar.

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Year
1985 1
Significance
It was the first personal computer with a bitmapped color graphical user interface. 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
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Source Wikipedia: Atari ST
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1. Wikipedia: Atari ST
  • Body, Introduction
    it was the first personal computer with a bitmapped color graphical user interface, using a version of Digital Research's GEM environment
  • Infobox
    discontinued=1993
  • Infobox field release_date
    release_date = June 1985
  • In Group: Atari Home Computers, lead
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead sentence
    Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit computers.
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Wikidata: Atari ST
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