{"id":641,"date":"2010-03-18T19:26:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2012-12-20T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T18:41:25","slug":"inside-the-atari-1040stf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/641\/inside-the-atari-1040stf","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/191766\/inside_the_atari_1040stf.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/pcworld\/inside_atarist_small.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the Atari 1040STf on PC World\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Atari Corporation premiered the first member of its ST series, the Atari 520ST, at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show 25 years ago this January.  After the 520ST shipped mid-1985, Atari released an upgraded model in 1986 called the Atari 1040STf &#8212; variations of which remained best sellers throughout the ST&#8217;s run.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the Atari ST series&#8217; 25th anniversary, I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/191766\/inside_the_atari_1040stf.html\" target=\"_blank\">dissected the popular Atari 1040STf<\/a> in my usual style for PC World, making this the ninth entry in my &#8220;workbench series&#8221; of tech autopsies.  I think it turned out very well, and I hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/pcworld\/benj_atari_1040st_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/pcworld\/benj_atari_1040st_small.jpg\" alt=\"Benj Plays Gauntlet on the Atari 1040STf\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>I have fond memories of the 1040STf because my father bought one for the family back in 1986.  Games like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/atari-st\/phantasie\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Phantasie<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/atari-st\/sundog-frozen-legacy\" target=\"_blank\"><em>SunDog<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/exodus-ultima-iii\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Exodus<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/atari-st\/gauntlet\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gauntlet<\/em><\/a> always come to mind when I think of Atari&#8217;s GUI-based wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Is anybody else out there a fan of the Atari ST series?  If so, tell us about it.  What ST model(s) did\/do you have?  What are your favorite ST games?  Bonus points to anyone who can provide a picture of themselves using an Atari ST before 1990!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Here are my previous workbench teardowns, if you&#8217;re interested: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/181421\/inside_the_atari_800.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atari 800<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/152528\/inside_the_commodore_64.html\" target=\"_blank\">Commodore 64<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/162588\/gadget_autopsy_the_nintendo_game_boy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Game Boy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/148391\/article.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Famicom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/143520-2\/anatomy_of_an_icon_inside_the_apple_iic.html\" target=\"_blank\">Apple IIc<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/147939\/inside_the_worlds_greatest_keyboard.html\" target=\"_blank\">IBM Model M Keyboard<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/146496\/inside_a_classic_the_trs80_model_100.html\" target=\"_blank\">TRS-80 Model 100<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2009\/09\/20\/inside-the-macintosh-portable\/\" target=\"_blank\">Macintosh Portable<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atari Corporation premiered the first member of its ST series, the Atari 520ST, at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show 25 years ago this January. After the 520ST shipped mid-1985, Atari released an upgraded model in 1986 called the Atari 1040STf &#8212; variations of which remained best sellers throughout the ST&#8217;s run. In honor of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-news-current-events","category-computers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}