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Atari ST

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Overview

Introduced in 1985 by Atari, the Atari ST was a computer system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Motorola 68000 running at 8 MHz.
  • Memory: 512 KB base RAM, expandable to 4 MB via SIMM slots on STFM/STE boards.
  • Display: 320×200 with 16 colors or 640×400 with 4 colors in monochrome mode; STE adds 4096-color palette and hardware scrolling.
  • Sound: Yamaha YM2149F PSG providing three square-wave channels plus noise, with the STE adding DMA-driven 8-bit stereo.

Supported ROM extensions

st, msa, stx, dim, ipf, m3u, zip, 7z, hd, gemdos, vhd, gem, ide

Emulators

  • hatari (hatari) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_HATARI
  • hatari (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_HATARI | Incompatible extensions: hd, gemdos
  • hatarib (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_HATARIB | Incompatible extensions: hd, gemdos

Notes

To enable GEMDOS support within the non-libretro version of Hatari. Create a directory within the roms folder that has a .gemdos extension. i.e. /userdata/roms/atarist/.gemdos

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml