Atari Falcon030 | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1989-1991
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Motorola 68030, 16 MHz
- RAM: 4 MB
- FDD: Floopy disk 3.5″
- HDD: 44 or 65 or 85 MB
- Audio: PCM system , eight channels
- Connectors/Ports: Serial, parallel, stereo, RGB, two joysticks, cartridge, bus, video, sound processor
- Case: Keyboard type
- Monitor: Color
- OS: TOS
The Atari Falcon030 features a Motorola 68030 processor at 16 MHz and memory of 512 up to 1024kB. Equipped with a floppy disk of 3.5” it run with the operating system of the TOS version.
The present model was the final product from the Atari Corp. Based on the Motorola 68030 CPU it was a high-end product with improved graphic and sound systems as well.
The Atari ST line of computers succeeded the Atari 8-bit family. The very first model of the series, the Atari 520ST entered the market in 1985. Alongside with other competitors, such as Amiga, Macintosh, Acorn Archimedes the ST family featured 16- and 32-bit processors (thus named ST for Sixteen/Thirty-two).
In the intended market, the sales went poorly. A year later, Atari discontinued the ST series and focused on the production and marketing of the Jaguar video game console.
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Author: PC-GR
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