Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution

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Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution

â€œPower Without the Price.â€ Every Atari fan remembers that slogan from the 1980s as the rallying cry for 16-bit computing in the form of the Atari ST. This groundbreaking computer brought previously unimagined power to the home user for the first timeâ€”and transformed an industry or two along the way.
Author Jamie Lendino offers a fresh, vital look at the history of the Atari ST, guiding you from its inauspicious genesis at the center of a company known for its gaming consoles to its category-defining triumphs in music, desktop publishing, and video gaming. And he doesnâ€™t stop there: He then leaps to the present to pull back the veil on the thriving software and mod communities that arenâ€™t just keeping it alive today, but taking it to places its creators never could have imagined.
Whether youâ€™re a longtime devotee who wants to relive the magic of the machine that unleashed the wonders of Dungeon Master, Time Bandit, and Starglider, an intrepid DIYer on the hunt for new ideas and resources to take your homebrew system to the next level, or a newcomer hungry to learn the ins and outs of one of the most important computers ever created, this book will get you there just as the ST did its long-ago digital pioneers: Faster Than Light.
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Country USA
Brand Steel Gear Press
Manufacturer Steel Gear Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781732355217
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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Country	USA
Brand	Steel Gear Press
Manufacturer	Steel Gear Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781732355217
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution

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