14 Apr
2007
14 Apr
'07
2:54 a.m.
I have the original 130ST shown at the 1985 CES. The 260ST was
shipped to Europe in limited numbers.
The 520ST was shipping to user groups and developers in June of 1985 and
then general retail in September of 1985 - it shipped with its OS -
"TOS" on Disks as the final prom's for the OS weren't ready at that
time, but followed shortly there after.
In 1986 Atari shipped the 1040ST which had a full 1MB of ram and built
in floppy drive.
STacy's are remarkable machines and when you take into account that they
were smaller and lighter then the Mac portable and its honk'n lead acid
battery - the STacy was a truly remarkable machine.
The original codename for the Atari ST was "RBP" which stood for Rock
Bottom Price.
The STacy was codenamed "BlueJay"
Curt
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
The reason I
asked is that I dimly recall reading somewhere on the 'net that
there was (or was to be) a 540ST (or was that a 260ST?).
I know of a 260ST, not a 540. There was also talk of a 130ST.
Incidentally, I managed to land a STacy recently. Any suggestions from
other users for upgrades, etc.?