Friday, June 15, 2007

A pretty impressive Atari ST bundle

Atari ST, Atari's 16-bit flagship home computer, was designed to compete against both the Amiga and the Macintosh and didn't do that bad. The ST, also referred to as the Jackintosh, carved itself a niche market for computer loving musicians, was pretty popular as a DTP tool and featured tons of games. Oh, and it was multitasking too. Find out more at Wikipedia or the Atari Museum and do give the freeware Steem emulator a try.

For a more hands-on retro experience though, you'll probably need the machine itself. A brilliant Atari 520 ST (FM), complete with manuals, joystick, mouse, coverdisks, leads/cables, books and a selection of boxed & original games (including Lemmings, Sim City, Final Fight and Silent Service) should be a fine start. Buy it now @ ebay. Seller ships at both UK & Ireland (no catapult for Elderly then). Atari STs -without extras or games- usually sell for a bit over 25£.

9 comments:

  1. :) phew! and thank you... Pretty and impressive....

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  2. Always taking care of the elderly....

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  3. I believe this was what inspired the name of the quite excellent German Techno Punks "Atari Teenage Riot"...

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  4. I believe this was what inspired the name of the quite excellent German Techno Punks "Atari Teenage Riot"...

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  5. Definitely something to search ouTube for, then. Techno-punks from Germany? Lovely!

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  6. a band based on a console... what ever will they think of next....

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  7. nah... too far out there, I mean who'd pay to put perfectly healthy food in tin cans.... interesting concept though...

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  8. Ok... Uhm... let me see now... Remote controlled vibrating panties?

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