ST Book explained

ST Book
Developer:Tracey Hall (Designer)
Manufacturer:Atari Corporation
Type:Laptop (Notebook)
Unitsshipped:1000-1200
Os:Atari TOS 2.06 (modified)
Power:7 AA batteries
Optional extra: Rechargeable NiCad battery pack (up to 10 hours power)
AC Adapter (110/220 V switchable)[1]
Cpu:Motorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz[2]
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[3]
Floppy disk: optional external drive

Display:10.4" passive matrix LCD (EPSON)
Graphics:640×400 1-bit mono
Dimensions:NaNinches
Predecessor:STacy

The ST Book (also written as STBook) is a notebook-sized laptop released in October 1991 by Atari Corporation.[4] It is based on the Atari STE. The ST Book is more portable than the previous Atari portable, the STacy, but it sacrifices several features in order to achieve this: notably the backlight, and internal floppy disc drive.

The screen is highly reflective. It supports the 640×400 1-bit mono mode only without an external video port. 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

Model number: NST-141

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Personal Computers :: ST Book . Atari Explorer.
  2. News: Atari STBook Brochure. Classic Computer Brochures. 16 September 2014 . 8 November 2014.
  3. https://temlib.org/AtariForumWiki/index.php/Opening_the_Atari_ST_Book Opening the Atari ST Book
  4. October 29, 1991 . Atari shows off STBook . Computergram International . GlobalData . Gale.