ST BOOK
| Developer | Tracey Hall (Designer) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Atari |
| Release date | 1991 |
| Discontinued | 1993 |
| Units shipped | 1000-1200 |
| Operating system | Atari TOS 2.06. |
| CPU | Motorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz[1] |
| Memory |
RAM: 1 MiB (4×220 bytes) on board, can be expanded to 4 MiB ROM: 512 KiB |
| Storage |
Hard disk: IDE 20-40 MB Floppy disk: optional external drive |
| Display | Screen: 10,4" EPSON LCD passive matrix |
| Graphics | 640x400 1-bit mono |
| Power |
7 AA batteries Optional extra: Rechargeable NiCad battery pack (up to 10 hours power) AC Adapter (110/220V switchable)[2] |
| Dimensions | 8.5 inches x 11 inches x 1.4 inches |
| Weight | 15lbs |
| Predecessor | STacy |
The ST BOOK is a portable computer released in 1991 by Atari. It was based on the Atari STE. The ST BOOK was vastly more portable than the previous Atari portable, the STacy, but it sacrificed several features in order to achieve this: notably the backlight, and internal floppy disc drive.
The screen is highly reflective. It supports the 640x400 1-bit mono mode only and no external video port was provided. For its limitations, it gained some popularity as being the most utterly portable "real" computer of the day (slim, light, quiet, reliable, and with a long battery life, even by today's standards for all 5).
The ST BOOK is shipped a with modified version of TOS 2.06.
Specifications [1]
- Blitter
- Real-time clock Lithium Battery
- Parallel: Yes (1 port)
- Serial: Yes (1 port)
- ACSI/FDD: Yes (1 port)
- Midi: Yes (2 ports)
- External keyboard
- Internal Modem: optional (used for this model's expansion port)
- Vector Pad
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Atari STBook Brochure". Classic Computer Brochures. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ http://ftp.pigwa.net/stuff/mirror/www.atari-explorer.com/stbook.html
External links
- The Atari STBook Laptop
- Atari ST BOOK, OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum
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