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Atari ST

Regarded by many as the first proper 16-bit computer, the Atari ST was a powerhouse for its era and price. If you don’t associate this kind of serious product with Atari, fair enough. This is not the same company that put Pacman into American living rooms – this was a new era led by the most bullish man in the business: Commodore founder Jack Tramiel.

Tramiel spent the early 80s aggressively expanding Commodore’s market share, undercutting the competition. The results led to the Commodore 64 becoming the best selling computer of all time, but Tramiel’s brutal methods were unsustainable and burned too many bridges. Commodore was

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