ST Book

ST Book
DeveloperTracey Hall (Designer)
ManufacturerAtari Corporation
TypeLaptop (Notebook)
Release dateOctober 1991; 33 years ago (1991-10)
Discontinued1993 (1993)
Units shipped1000-1200
Operating systemAtari TOS 2.06 (modified)
CPUMotorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz[1]
MemoryRAM: 1 MiB on board, can be expanded to 4 MiB
ROM: 512 KiB
StorageHard disk: 40/80/120 MB 2.5" IDE[2]
Floppy disk: optional external drive
Display10.4" passive matrix LCD (EPSON)
Graphics640×400 1-bit mono
Power7 AA batteries
Optional extra: Rechargeable NiCad battery pack (up to 10 hours power)
AC Adapter (110/220 V switchable)[3]
Dimensions8.5 in × 11.4 in × 1.4 in (216 mm × 290 mm × 36 mm)
Mass4.2 pounds (1.9 kg)
PredecessorSTacy

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. [verification needed]

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 [1]

Model number: NST-141

References

  1. ^ a b "Atari STBook Brochure". Classic Computer Brochures. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ Opening the Atari ST Book, AtariForumWiki
  3. ^ "Personal Computers :: ST Book". Atari Explorer.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Atari shows off STBook". Computergram International. GlobalData. October 29, 1991 – via Gale.
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