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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by kriro on Monday July 18, 2016 @07:35AM (#12114453)
The Atari ST 1040 was a great gaming platform.
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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by busterarm on Monday July 18, 2016 @08:57AM (#12114760)
Boy were they unpopular though.

They built a machine to compete with the C64 at the time when Amiga was the new thing.

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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by scholia on Monday July 18, 2016 @05:16PM (#12118108)
> Boy were they unpopular though

They were popular in Europe, where they were cheap. In fact, in the UK, the 512K Atari ST with mono screen and mouse was slightly cheaper upgrading a 128K Mac to 512K (£750 vs £800).

The Atari ST was slightly faster than the Mac, had a better monochrome screen, and could run all Mac software, albeit not legally. (You either bought a plug-n cartridge that took Mac ROMs or used MacBongo, a ripped-off version loaded from disk.)

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