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ST Format was a computer magazine in the UK covering the Atari ST during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Like other members of the Future plc Format stable - PC Format and Amiga Format, for instance, it combined software and hardware reviews with columnists, letters pages and a cover disk.
MTP originated in the middle '80s for the Commodore and Apple II machines, and when the Atari ST implemented its MIDI support. It has continued to be one of the more popular proprietary sequencers, but hasn't seen any major updates since 2003 (after having been acquired by GVOX) other than 6.8.4 for Windows, which is reputed to have compatibility issues of its own.
In January 1992, version 2.3 of the program was licensed to Atari Corp., who released Dutch and French translations. In 1994, version 3 of 3D-Calc (renamed 3D-Calc+) was licensed to the UK magazine ST Applications. Today, 3D-Calc software is Freeware ("Public domain without source code") and can be downloaded freely. [1]
The Spectre GCR plugs into the cartridge slot and floppy port, and modifies the frequency of the data to/from the single-speed floppy drive of the Atari ST, allowing it to read Macintosh GCR format disks which require a multi-speed floppy drive. [9] [10]
Protracker allows the user to create sequences of notes called "patterns", which are chained together to form a complete song. Music created in Protracker uses the MOD file format. It was initially developed for the Amiga line of computers, but was later made available for other platforms such as the Atari ST. [2]
Calamus is a desktop publishing application, originally built for the Atari ST computer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first version was released on July 1, 1987, by the former German software company DMC GmbH. Calamus is a software RIP application which generates high-quality output in any resolution.
The Atari ST was born from the rivalry between home computer makers Atari, Inc. and Commodore International. Jay Miner, one of the designers of the custom chips in the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers, tried to convince Atari management to create a new chipset for a video game console and computer.
ST Writer is a word processor program for the Atari ST series of personal computers. It was introduced by Atari Corporation in 1985 along with the 520ST, the first machine in the ST family. It is a port of Atari's AtariWriter Plus from the earlier Atari 8-bit computers , matching it closely enough to share files across platforms unchanged.