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Re: ST specifics?

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From: vr0z05
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1985 15:25
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Processor: 68000 at 8 MHz

ROM: 192 kByte (GEM and BASIC or LOGO)

RAM: 512 kByte

Slots: None!! But what do you need more. Interfaces included:

	- RS232
	- Centronics
	- Floppy-IF
	- Harddisk-IF (1.3 mBit/s)
	- MIDI-IF
	- 3 sound-generators
	- Mouse-IF
	- Joystick-IF
	- Cartridge Slot

I think that is much more than you can add in an Apple II with its 8 slots.
Also you have more interfaces than on the Mac.

Resolution:
	 
	- 640 x 400 in monochrome
	- 640 x 200 in 4 colors
	- 320 x 200 in 16 colors (out of 512)

Floppies:

	- SF314    1 mByte on 3.5" Disks (I think it must be DS/DD)
	- SF354  0.5 mByte on 3.5" Disks.

Size: Very small. I think it's much more portable than the Mac. The 
whole hardware is locatet in the keyboard console, all connectors
are on the back (RS232, Centronics, Floppy-IF, Harddisk-IF, etc.), on
the left side (cartridge slot), or on the right side (Mouse, Game-
Controllers).

Keyboard: Pretty Good. Typewriter-stile keyboard + cursor-block +
numerical block + 10 function keys.

In Germany ATARI has the first ad in a computer magazine (Data Becker News).
The 520 ST ist priced with 512kByte, Basic or Logo in ROM, one SF354
Floppy and GEM at DM 2795.-- (that are about $700 - $800 US$).

Availibility: ???

				   Uwe Hoch
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