(I wish I still had my mid-80s issues of Byte and Compute!
The 1040ST (right) was the first personal computer to ship with 1 MB of memory, making it a real temptation to those who wanted a Mac or Amiga but didn’t have enough money. The Atari ST line was created by Jack Tramiel, former head of Commodore, with the goal of creating the “next,” the most popular computer of the late 80s and the best selling personal computer ever. The STs offered PC compatible floppy drives, a DOS-compatible filing system, and, a Mac-like GUI. They never really carved out a niche in the US, although they were moderately popular in Europe. You may not remember, a series of computers based on the same 8 MHz Motorola 680×0 CPUs as the early Macs.
