520 STe - 01 |
The Atari STe is the successor of the Atari STf (The 'e' means enhanced) and is almost fully compatible with the STf. In september 1986, Atari decided to make a successor to the STf. They planned to equip it with enhanced video features : Atari said then that the STe will have a 640 x 400 with 16 colors among 4096 and a 320 x 200 with 256 colors among 4096 graphic modes. Unfortunately, eventually, the STe will have none of these graphic modes. The new features are : - a new version of the OS ("Rainbow" TOS 1.6 and later, 1.62), - a Blitter chip to quick perform memory moves (it is the the Mega STf one), - the video chip (Shifter) has been enhanced: the STe can perform, as the Amiga, hardware scrolling in all directions and it is possible to write into the video counters. It also handle 4096 colors instead of 512, unfortunately, it can only display a maximum of 16 of them (without trick). - It has enhanced sound features too: two 8 bit PCM channels which can replay stereo sound at 6.25, 12.5, 25, or 50 KHz and which can be mixed with the 3 FM channels. Despite its new and interesting characteristics, the Atari STe was a flop in the marketplace. The STf market was too important and the software editors (especially game editors) didn't sell STe versions of their products. Not long after this, Atari launched the Mega STe to replace the Mega STf. (www.old-computers.com) |
Manufacturer | Atari | Name | 520 STe |
Type | Homecomputer | Origine | USA |
Introduction Date | 1988 | End of production | ??? |
Built in Language | ??? | Keyboard | Full-stroke keyboard with editing and numeric keypads |
CPU | Motorola MC68000 | Speed | 8 Mhz |
Coprocessor | None | Amount of Ram | 512 Kb |
Vram | None | Rom | 192 KB |
Text Modes | 40 x 25 / 80 x 25 | Graphic Modes | 320 x 200 (16 colors) / 640 x 200 (4 colors) / 640 x 400 (monochrome) |
Colors | 4096 | Sound | 3 FM channels, 8 octaves + two 8 bit PCM channels |
Size / Weight | ??? | Built in Media | 3.5" disk-drive |
I/O Ports | Midi (in, out), Centronics, RS232c, Hard Disk, Floppy disk, RGB, Joystick, mouse, Stereo | OS | TOS + GEM |
Power Supply | Internal | Introduction Price | ??? |
Sold | ??? | Serial Number | ??? |
Other Extras | None | Bought Where | Wervik |
Bought When | 2002/06/28 | Condition | OK |
Price Paid | - | Specs of my Model | ??? |
Setup Today | ??? |
520 STe-01: Bought in Wervik (same guy I bought some MSX stuff) on 28/06/2002 Paid 180 € for: Commodore PET 2001_01 Sinclair QL_01 Sinclair QL_02 Sinclair QL+_01 Lots of QL stuff (magazines, manuals, microdrives, disk drive, self-made disk drive, diskettes, centronics Cable) Atari 520Ste_01 Dragon32_02 C64-10 C64G-01 Tandy TRS80 Coco_01 with Color graphic printer, DMP 110 printer and 2 joysticks Schneider CPC 464 IBM PS/1 (Black) with monitor Very heavy Mannesman A3 matrix printer |