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Atari ST 40th Anniversary


The Atari ST was announced at the 1985 Winter Consumer Electronics show in the first week of January, making this month the 40th anniversary of its introduction to the world.

The Atari ST was announced at the 1985 Winter Consumer Electronics show in the first week of January, making this month the 40th anniversary of its introduction to the world. Haunted by the biggest corporate losses since Chrysler's dim days — and without the safety net of government loans — Atari is betting everything on the success of its new machines. Software written for the GEM environment includes such features as overlapping windows, drop-down menus and icons along with along with support for pointing devices such as a mouse.

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