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== Models == A number of machines were released in the ST family. Here they are, in rough chronological order after the original 520ST: * 520ST+ - Name for early 520STs with 1 MB of RAM, but without floppy disk * 260ST - European name for the 520ST with 512 KB. Used after the release of the 520ST+ to differentiate the cheaper 512 KB models from the 1 MB models * 520ST<sup>M</sup> - a 520ST with a built-in modulator for TV output * 520ST<sup>FM</sup> - a 520STM with a newly redesigned motherboard in a larger case with a built-in floppy disk drive * 1040ST<sup>F</sup> - a 520STFM with 1 MB of RAM and a built-in double-sided floppy disk, but without RF modulator * 1040ST<sup>FM</sup> - a 520STFM with 1 MB of RAM and a built-in double-sided floppy disk with RF modulator * Mega ST (MEGA2, MEGA4) - 1040 with 2 or 4 MB of RAM, respectively, in a much improved "pizza box" case with a detached keyboard. Early models did not include the BLiTTER chip; most did. Included a real-time clock and internal expansion connector. * 520ST<sup>E</sup> and 1040ST<sup>E</sup> - a 520STFM/1040STFM with enhanced sound, the BLiTTER chip, and a 4096-color palette, in the older 1040 style all-in-one case * [[Atari MEGA STE|Mega STE]] - same hardware as 1040STE except for a faster 16 MHz processor, in the TT case * STacy - A [[portable computer|portable]] (but definitely not [[laptop]]) version of the ST. Originally designed to operate on 12 standard C cell flashlight batteries for portability, when Atari finally realized how quickly the machine would use up a set of batteries (especially when rechargeable batteries of the time supplied insufficient power compared to the intended alkalines), they simply glued the lid of the battery compartment shut, and soon discontinued the machine. * ST Book (later version portable ST), vastly more portable than the STacy, but sacrificing several features in order to achieve this - notably the backlight, and internal floppy disc drive. Files were meant to be stored on a small amount (one megabyte) of internal flash memory 'on the road' and transferred using serial or parallel links, memory flashcards or external (and externally powered) floppy disc to a 'real' desktop ST once back indoors. The screen is highly reflective for the time, but still hard to use indoors or in low light (the idea of a switchable green LED backlight seeming not to have inspired the Atari technical department as it did many wristwatch manufacturers), it is fixed to the 640x400 1-bit mono mode (not even greyscale emulation of colour in low res is offered), and no external video port was provided. For its limitations, it gained some popularity as being the most utterly portable 'real' computer of the day (slim, light, quiet, reliable, and with a long battery life, even by today's standards for all 5), particularly amongst musicians already used to using the original computer and perhaps having lugged a STacy or even a full ST + Monitor + accessories rig on tour.
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