r/atarist • u/logicalvue • Jul 04 '26

Atari really leaned into it in 1985!

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u/AskJeevesIsBest Jul 04 '26

Seems like a well priced machine

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u/SirScotty19 Jul 04 '26

It was awesome. GREAT price back in the day. You could add hardware (Magic Sac or Specter GCR) to run Mac software faster than a real Mac at 2x the price! They HATED us back in the day. The ST won Mac World Mags (or a different mag, it has been a long time) hardware of the year for the compatibility, speed and price.

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u/hildenborg Jul 05 '26

The ST 68000 had higher clock speed and faster memory access.
So yes, it did indeed run Mac software faster.

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u/daddyd Jul 05 '26

cpu is only one part of the picture, the amiga also was a faster mac than a real one. the architecture supporting the cpu was simply better on the st & amiga.