{"id":75,"date":"2021-01-21T21:50:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=75"},"modified":"2024-10-02T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:23:34","slug":"atari-st-1040-stf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Atari ST 1040 STF: A Powerhouse of Home Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong> <\/strong>Atari 1040 STF<strong> <\/strong>was part of Atari\u2019s ST series of personal computers, known for its powerful hardware at a relatively affordable price. The 1040 STF stood out as the first personal computer to offer 1 MB of RAM as standard, a ground breaking amount for its time. Aimed at both home users and professionals, the 1040 STF became popular for gaming, music production (thanks to its built-in MIDI ports), and general computing tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Processor<\/strong>: 16\/32-bit Motorola 68000 running at 8 MHz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong>: 1 MB of RAM (expandable)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graphics<\/strong>: Three display modes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Low resolution: 320&#215;200 pixels, 16 colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medium resolution: 640&#215;200 pixels, 4 colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High resolution: 640&#215;400 pixels, monochrome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage<\/strong>: Built-in 3.5-inch floppy disk drive (720 KB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio<\/strong>: Yamaha YM2149 sound chip with 3-channel sound, plus built-in MIDI ports for music production<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operating System<\/strong>: TOS (The Operating System), with GEM (Graphical Environment Manager) desktop interface<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connectivity<\/strong>: Parallel and serial ports, MIDI In\/Out, floppy disk drive port, and expansion port for peripherals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Release Date:<\/strong> June 1986<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discontinued:<\/strong> 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (New in 1986):<\/strong> \u00a3699<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (In 2024 Price):<\/strong> \u00a32150<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modifications I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None, this system has been fully refurbished by the person I purchased it from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for computer \u00a3162.89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for repairs and upgrades \u00a30.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atari 1040 STF was part of Atari\u2019s ST series of personal computers, known for its powerful hardware at a relatively affordable price. The 1040 STF stood out as the first personal computer to offer 1 MB of RAM as standard, a ground breaking amount for its time. Aimed at both home users and professionals, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1980s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/1024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}