AW: Atari 4160STE ?! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

1 Dec 2001

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  I just got an
Atari 4160STE (case only) - does anyone know
details about the history of this machine? Some sources say
that it was a developer version of the Atari 1040STE ...
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=272 
I believe some makers of memory upgrades made replacement model stickers
 to match the upgrade. The STE uses SIMMs, though, but it could have been
 made by some dealer in any case. 
That might be true - the lower case has a 1040STE label - first I thought it
would not be the matching part but it defintely is.

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  Atari 520+ ST

 What's that? 
an early version of the Atari 520ST factory upgraded to 1MB. It has a second
512kB RAM-Chip solderd on top of the regular RAM - very strange. That was my
first Atari ST - it has an original Atari ST label with a small blue "+" ...

Stefan