Atari STE
ID: ATARI-STE
RELEASED 1989
PRICE
DISCONTINUED 1993
UNITS SOLD Moderate
I/O PORTS
Enhanced Joystick ports
System Analysis
The "E" stands for Enhanced. Added a Blitter, 4096 color palette, and PCM audio. Too little, too late against the Amiga.
Processor
8 MHzMotorola 68000
Standard.
Audio Subsystem
3 PSG + 2 PCMYM2149 + DMA
8-bit Stereo PCM playback.
Memory
SIMM1 MB / 4 MB
Expandable to 4 MB (SIMMs)
Storage
720KBFloppy
Graphics Architecture
Shifter Enhanced
Palette: 4096 Colors
- Standard ST
Hardware Tricks
- ▹ Hardware Horizontal Scrolling
Did You Know?
- ? Finally added hardware scrolling, but few games used it.