atari

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atari - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Atari
  
     <company, computer> A maker of arcade games, home video game
     systems, and home computers, especially during the 1970s and
     1980s.  Atari are best known for their range of 16- and 32-bit
     microcomputers, notable for having a built-in MIDI
     interface.  As of February 1994 the range included the Atari
     520ST, 1040ST, Mega ST, STe, STacy, Mega STe, TT, and Falcon.
     There are also emulators that run on the Apple Macintosh and
     IBM PC/XT/AT.
  
     (http://atarigames.com/).
  
     Usenet newsgroups: news:comp.binaries.atari.st,
     news:comp.sys.atari.st.tech, news:comp.sources.atari.st,
     news:comp.sys.atari.st, news:comp.sys.atari.advocacy,
     news:comp.sys.atari.programmer.
  
     Michigan U (ftp://atari.archive.umich.edu), UK (ftp://micros.hensa.ac.uk/)
     , Germany (ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net)
      [192.76.144.75], Netherlands (ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/)
      [131.211.80.17], UK (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/atari/umich)
     .
  
     (1999-07-12)