Difference between revisions of "Atari"
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*Inferior to the [[Amiga]] (the war still rages on). | *Inferior to the [[Amiga]] (the war still rages on). | ||
| − | *A Hardware [[Midi Port]] : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks. | + | *A Hardware [[MIDI|Midi Port]] : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks. |
*used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?). | *used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?). | ||
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*Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16. | *Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16. | ||
| − | *Possibility of a good [[GUI]] : easier, really. | + | *Possibility of a good [[Graphic User Interface|GUI]] : easier, really. |
*Same Sound Chip : almost. | *Same Sound Chip : almost. | ||
*Quite powerfull to calculate sweet Data compression (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]]) | *Quite powerfull to calculate sweet Data compression (used in [[Xyphoes Fantasy]]) | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 6 October 2009
Nowaday, Atari Brand belongs to Ex-Infogrames.
Used to build 8 bits consoles (Atari2600...), 8 bits computers and the famous Atari ST (16 bit)
8 bit
Atari 8-bit family on the other WIKI
16 bit
The Atari ST were released in 1985-86...
They were famous for being :
- Inferior to the Amiga (the war still rages on).
- A Hardware Midi Port : this spawned a generation of Musician Geeks.
- used widely in Amstrad CPC software developments (mostly games ?).
It's use in CPC development (Cross Development) had many advantges :
- Quite similar Video Resolutions : 320x200x16.
- Possibility of a good GUI : easier, really.
- Same Sound Chip : almost.
- Quite powerfull to calculate sweet Data compression (used in Xyphoes Fantasy)
