Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Evidence of Mr Wells Gaming!

This is photographic evidence that I (on the right) was once a gamer!
Year: 1988
Computer: Atari (ST)
Game: Star Trek-Space Wars
Check out that TV! 
Your iPhone has a higher resolution!
Joystick (Bottom left)
Ice cream tub for storing Floppy Disks!

The machine was generally similar to the earlier 520ST, but moved the power supply and a double-sided floppy drive into the rear of the housing of the computer, as opposed to being external. This added to the size of the machine, but reduced cable clutter in the back. The 1040 shipped with 1 MB of RAM, and the same design was also used for the new 512 KB 520STFM (Mr Wells'), which replaced the earlier models in the market. The early 'STF' machines lacked the 'M' modulator that allowed a TV to be used and would only work with a monitor.
The 1040ST was the first personal computer shipped with a base RAM configuration of 1 MB. When the list price was reduced to $999 in the U.S. it appeared on the cover of BYTE in March 1986 as the first computer to break the $1000/megabyte price barrier. However, the ST remained generally the same internally over the majority of its several-year lifespan. The choice of model numbers was inherited from the model numbers of the XE series of the Atari 8-bit family of computers. A limited number of 1040STFs shipped with a single-sided floppy drive.

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