ST Book

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ST Book

The ST Book (also written as STBook) is a notebook-sized laptop released in October 1991 by Atari Corporation.[4] It is based on the Atari STE. The ST Book is more portable than the previous Atari portable, the STacy, but it sacrifices several features in order to achieve this: notably the backlight, and internal floppy disc drive.[5][6]

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DeveloperTracey Hall (Designer)
ManufacturerAtari Corporation
TypeLaptop (Notebook)
Release dateOctober 1991; 33 years ago (1991-10)
Discontinued1993 (1993)
Units shipped1000-1200
Operating systemAtari TOS 2.06 (modified)
CPUMotorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz[1]
MemoryRAM: 1 MiB on board, can be expanded to 4 MiB
ROM: 512 KiB
StorageHard disk: 40/80/120 MB 2.5" IDE[2]
Floppy disk: optional external drive
Display10.4" passive matrix LCD (EPSON)
Graphics640×400 1-bit mono
Power7 AA batteries
Optional extra: Rechargeable NiCad battery pack (up to 10 hours power)
AC Adapter (110/220 V switchable)[3]
Dimensions8.5 in × 11.4 in × 1.4 in (216 mm × 290 mm × 36 mm)
Weight4.2 pounds (1.9 kg)
PredecessorSTacy
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The screen is highly reflective. It supports the 640×400 1-bit mono mode only without an external video port. It gained some popularity as being the most utterly portable full-featured computer of the day (slim, light, quiet, reliable, and with a long battery life, even by modern standards for all 5).

The ST Book is shipped with a modified version of TOS 2.06.

Specifications [1]

Model number: NST-141

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