ST BOOK
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.
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| Developer | Tracey Hall (Designer) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Atari |
| Release date | 1991 |
| Discontinued | 1993 |
| Units shipped | 1000-1200 |
| Operating system | Atari TOS 2.06 (modified) |
| CPU | Motorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz[1] |
| Memory | RAM: 1 MiB on board, can be expanded to 4 MiB ROM: 512 KiB |
| Storage | Hard disk: 40/80/120 MB 2.5" IDE[2] Floppy disk: optional external drive |
| Display | 10.4" passive matrix LCD (EPSON) |
| Graphics | 640×400 1-bit mono |
| Power | 7 AA batteries Optional extra: Rechargeable NiCad battery pack (up to 10 hours power) AC Adapter (110/220 V switchable)[3] |
| Dimensions | 8.5 in × 11.4 in × 1.4 in (216 mm × 290 mm × 36 mm) |
| Mass | 4.2 pounds (1.9 kg) |
| Predecessor | STacy |
The screen is highly reflective. It supports the 640×400 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 full-featured computer of the day (slim, light, quiet, reliable, and with a long battery life, even by modern standards for all 5).
The ST BOOK is shipped with a modified version of TOS 2.06.
Specifications [1]
Model number: NST-141
- Blitter
- Character set: Atari ST character set (based on codepage 437)
- 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
- "Atari STBook Brochure". Classic Computer Brochures. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- Opening the Atari ST Book, AtariForumWiki
- 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
- Atari ST Book Practical Performance, 1993
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