ST Book

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ST Book
Atari ST BOOK (overhead from right) (T Conte).jpg
DeveloperTracey Hall (Designer)
Manufacturer Atari Corporation
Type Laptop (Notebook)
Release dateOctober 1991;33 years ago (1991-10)
Discontinued1993 (1993)
Units shipped1000-1200
Operating system Atari TOS 2.06 (modified)
CPU Motorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz [1]
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 [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)
Weight4.2 pounds (1.9 kg)
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. [5] [6]

Contents

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. 1 2 "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. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.
  4. "Atari shows off STBook". Computergram International. GlobalData. October 29, 1991 via Gale.
  5. Beschizza, Rob (2024-10-25). "Atari ST Book laptop among the rarest treasures of the 16-bit era". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  6. "AEX - The most comprehensive exploration of Atari online". web.archive.org. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2025-02-18.